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TITLE:
SpamAssassin "spamd" Shell Command Injection Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA20430

VERIFY ADVISORY:
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CRITICAL:
Moderately critical

IMPACT:
System access

WHERE:
>From local network

SOFTWARE:
SpamAssassin 3.x
http://secunia.com/product/4506/

DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported in SpamAssassin,  which can be
exploited by malicious people to compromise a vulnerable system.

Some unspecified input is not properly sanitised before being used.
This can be exploited to inject arbitrary shell commands.

Successful exploitation requires that spamd is used with the
"--vpopmail" and "--paranoid" switches.

The vulnerability has been reported in version 3.0.3. Other versions
may also be affected.

SOLUTION:
Update to version 3.0.6 or 3.1.3.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Reported by the vendor.

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