SB2020022621 - Command injection in heirloom-mailx (Alpine package)



SB2020022621 - Command injection in heirloom-mailx (Alpine package)

Published: February 26, 2020

Security Bulletin ID SB2020022621
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Code execution

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.


1) 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.