SB2015092637 - Debian update for heirloom-mailx
Published: September 26, 2015
Security Bulletin ID
SB2015092637
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 secuirty vulnerabilities.
1) Command injection (CVE-ID: CVE-2004-2771)
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)
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.