Command injection in Heirloom mailx and BSD mailx - CVE-2014-7844

Vulnerability identifier: #VU11823

CSH Severity: Low

CVSSv4.0: 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

CVE-ID: CVE-2014-7844

CWE-ID: CWE-77

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerable software:
Heirloom mailx
BSD mailx

Software vendor:
Heirloom Project
FreeBSD Foundation

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.

Update BSD mailx to version 8.1.2.20160123.

• http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q4/1066