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Gentoo FoundationGLSA-201804-06

HistoryApr 08, 2018 - 12:00 a.m.

mailx: Multiple vulnerabilities

2018-04-0800:00:00

Gentoo Foundation

security.gentoo.org

CVSS2

7.5

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS3

7.8

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS

0.027

Percentile

90.6%

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Background

A utility program for sending and receiving mail, also known as a Mail User Agent program.

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in mailx. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

Impact

A remote attacker could execute arbitrary commands.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All mailx users should upgrade to the latest version:

 # emerge --sync
 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose
 "&gt;=mail-client/mailx-8.1.2.20160123"

OSVersionArchitecturePackageVersionFilename
Gentooanyallmail-client/mailx< 8.1.2.20160123UNKNOWN

OS	Version	Architecture	Package	Version	Filename
Gentoo	any	all	mail-client/mailx	< 8.1.2.20160123	UNKNOWN

CVSS2

7.5

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS3

7.8

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS

0.027

Percentile

90.6%

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