SB2014121801 - Fedora 21 update for mailx
Published: December 18, 2014 Updated: April 24, 2025
Security Bulletin ID
SB2014121801
CSH Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
2
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Code execution
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 2 vulnerabilities.
1) Command injection (CVE-ID: CVE-2004-2771)
CWE-ID: CWE-77 - Command injection
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the target system.
The weakness exists in the expand function in fio.c due to command injection. A remote attacker can execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in an email address.
2) Command injection (CVE-ID: CVE-2014-7844)
CWE-ID: CWE-77 - Command injection
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the target system.
The weakness exists due to improper handling of the parsing of email addresses. A remote attacker can execute arbitrary commands through the direct command execution functionality.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.