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CVE-2017-15705 · cross-distro fix matrix

CVE-2017-15705: A denial of service vulnerability was identified that exists in Apache SpamAssassin before 3.4.2. The vulnerability arises with certain unclosed tags in emails that cause markup to be handled incorrectly leading to scan timeouts. In Apache SpamAssassin, using HTML::Parser, we setup an object and hoo

Affects 8 Linux releases across 8 (distro × package) combinations.

Fix per ecosystem

Each block below is a distro release where CVE-2017-15705 has a known fix. Run the listed command on that distro to remediate.

Debian bullseye

Source: Debian Security Tracker

  • spamassassin→ fixed in3.4.2-1urgency: not yet assigned
    sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y spamassassin

Debian bookworm

Source: Debian Security Tracker

  • spamassassin→ fixed in3.4.2-1urgency: not yet assigned
    sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y spamassassin

Debian trixie

Source: Debian Security Tracker

  • spamassassin→ fixed in3.4.2-1urgency: not yet assigned
    sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y spamassassin

Alpine v3.20

Source: Alpine secdb

  • spamassassin→ fixed in3.4.2-r0
    apk update && apk add --upgrade spamassassin

Alpine v3.21

Source: Alpine secdb

  • spamassassin→ fixed in3.4.2-r0
    apk update && apk add --upgrade spamassassin

Alpine edge

Source: Alpine secdb

  • spamassassin→ fixed in3.4.2-r0
    apk update && apk add --upgrade spamassassin

Alpine v3.18

Source: Alpine secdb

  • spamassassin→ fixed in3.4.2-r0
    apk update && apk add --upgrade spamassassin

Alpine v3.19

Source: Alpine secdb

  • spamassassin→ fixed in3.4.2-r0
    apk update && apk add --upgrade spamassassin
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