| Name | CVE-2024-28054 |
| Description | Amavis before 2.12.3 and 2.13.x before 2.13.1, in part because of its use of MIME-tools, has an Interpretation Conflict (relative to some mail user agents) when there are multiple boundary parameters in a MIME email message. Consequently, there can be an incorrect check for banned files or malware. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| amavisd-new (PTS) | buster | 1:2.11.0-6.1 | vulnerable |
| bullseye | 1:2.11.1-5 | vulnerable |
| bookworm | 1:2.13.0-3 | vulnerable |
| sid, trixie | 1:2.13.0-6 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| amavisd-new | source | (unstable) | 1:2.13.0-5 | | | |
Notes
[bookworm] - amavisd-new <no-dsa> (Minor issue; will be fixed via point release)
[bullseye] - amavisd-new <no-dsa> (Minor issue; will be fixed via point release)
[buster] - amavisd-new <postponed> (Minor issue; new configuration to spam-tag some broken e-mails; follow point release)
https://gitlab.com/amavis/amavis/commit/78c4b7076ebf1d711629a95860aae1bc0db5277a (v2.13.1)
https://gitlab.com/amavis/amavis/commit/d921bc5208ce5b4e8f3e387a1d4e1f8fa4e85008 (v2.13.1)
https://gitlab.com/amavis/amavis/commit/c6c4a4c27c60194b68b617b7d3cfb033d6c587e2 (v2.13.1)
Patched amavisd-new version can use MIME::Entity->ambiguous_content if available
to get help on detecting an an ambiguous email or use an own ambiguous_content
check if the available MIME::Tools are too old.