Executive Summary
| Summary | |
|---|---|
| Title | mailx security update |
| Informations | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Name | RHSA-2014:1999 | First vendor Publication | 2014-12-16 |
| Vendor | RedHat | Last vendor Modification | 2014-12-16 |
| Severity (Vendor) | Moderate | Revision | 01 |
Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3
| Cvss vector : N/A | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall CVSS Score | NA | ||
| Base Score | NA | Environmental Score | NA |
| impact SubScore | NA | Temporal Score | NA |
| Exploitabality Sub Score | NA | ||
| Calculate full CVSS 3.0 Vectors scores | |||
Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2
| Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Cvss Base Score | 7.5 | Attack Range | Network |
| Cvss Impact Score | 6.4 | Attack Complexity | Low |
| Cvss Expoit Score | 10 | Authentication | None Required |
| Calculate full CVSS 2.0 Vectors scores | |||
Detail
| Problem Description: Updated mailx packages that fix two security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 and 7. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Moderate security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base scores, which give detailed severity ratings, are available for each vulnerability from the CVE links in the References section. 2. Relevant releases/architectures: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) - x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7) - x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6) - i386, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6) - x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) - i386, ppc64, s390x, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) - ppc64, s390x, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) - i386, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) - x86_64 3. Description: The mailx packages contain a mail user agent that is used to manage mail using scripts. A flaw was found in the way mailx handled the parsing of email addresses. A syntactically valid email address could allow a local attacker to cause mailx to execute arbitrary shell commands through shell meta-characters and the direct command execution functionality. (CVE-2004-2771, CVE-2014-7844) Note: Applications using mailx to send email to addresses obtained from untrusted sources will still remain vulnerable to other attacks if they accept email addresses which start with "-" (so that they can be confused with mailx options). To counteract this issue, this update also introduces the "--" option, which will treat the remaining command line arguments as email addresses. All mailx users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain backported patches to correct these issues. 4. Solution: Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 5. Bugs fixed (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/): 1162783 - CVE-2004-2771 CVE-2014-7844 mailx: command execution flaw |
Original Source
| Url : https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1999.html |
CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration
| % | Id | Name |
|---|---|---|
| 50 % | CWE-74 | Failure to Sanitize Data into a Different Plane ('Injection') |
| 50 % | CWE-20 | Improper Input Validation |
OVAL Definitions
| Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:28324 | |||
| Oval ID: | oval:org.mitre.oval:def:28324 | ||
| Title: | ELSA-2014-1999 -- mailx security update (moderate) | ||
| Description: | [12.4-8] - CVE-2004-2771 mailx: command execution flaw resolves: #1171175 | ||
| Family: | unix | Class: | patch |
| Reference(s): | ELSA-2014-1999 CVE-2004-2771 CVE-2014-7844 | Version: | 3 |
| Platform(s): | Oracle Linux 6 Oracle Linux 7 | Product(s): | mailx |
| Definition Synopsis: | |||
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| Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:28385 | |||
| Oval ID: | oval:org.mitre.oval:def:28385 | ||
| Title: | RHSA-2014:1999 -- mailx security update (Moderate) | ||
| Description: | The mailx packages contain a mail user agent that is used to manage mail using scripts. A flaw was found in the way mailx handled the parsing of email addresses. A syntactically valid email address could allow a local attacker to cause mailx to execute arbitrary shell commands through shell meta-characters and the direct command execution functionality. (CVE-2004-2771, CVE-2014-7844) Note: Applications using mailx to send email to addresses obtained from untrusted sources will still remain vulnerable to other attacks if they accept email addresses which start with "-" (so that they can be confused with mailx options). To counteract this issue, this update also introduces the "--" option, which will treat the remaining command line arguments as email addresses. All mailx users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain backported patches to correct these issues. | ||
| Family: | unix | Class: | patch |
| Reference(s): | RHSA-2014:1999 CESA-2014:1999-CentOS 6 CESA-2014:1999-CentOS 7 CVE-2004-2771 CVE-2014-7844 | Version: | 3 |
| Platform(s): | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 CentOS Linux 6 CentOS Linux 7 | Product(s): | mailx |
| Definition Synopsis: | |||
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| Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:28456 | |||
| Oval ID: | oval:org.mitre.oval:def:28456 | ||
| Title: | DSA-3105-1 -- heirloom-mailx security update | ||
| Description: | Two security vulnerabilities were discovered in Heirloom mailx, an implementation of the <q>mail</q> command. | ||
| Family: | unix | Class: | patch |
| Reference(s): | DSA-3105-1 CVE-2004-2771 CVE-2014-7844 | Version: | 3 |
| Platform(s): | Debian GNU/Linux 7.0 Debian GNU/kFreeBSD 7.0 | Product(s): | heirloom-mailx |
| Definition Synopsis: | |||
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| Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:28494 | |||
| Oval ID: | oval:org.mitre.oval:def:28494 | ||
| Title: | DSA-3104-1 -- bsd-mailx security update | ||
| Description: | It was discovered that bsd-mailx, an implementation of the <q>mail</q> command, had an undocumented feature which treats syntactically valid email addresses as shell commands to execute. | ||
| Family: | unix | Class: | patch |
| Reference(s): | DSA-3104-1 CVE-2014-7844 | Version: | 3 |
| Platform(s): | Debian GNU/Linux 7.0 Debian GNU/kFreeBSD 7.0 | Product(s): | bsd-mailx |
| Definition Synopsis: | |||
CPE : Common Platform Enumeration
Information Assurance Vulnerability Management (IAVM)
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 2015-08-20 | IAVM : 2015-A-0199 - Multiple Vulnerabilities in Apple Mac OS X Severity : Category I - VMSKEY : V0061337 |
Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 2018-04-10 | Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches. File : gentoo_GLSA-201804-06.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2017-04-07 | Name : The remote device is missing a vendor-supplied security patch. File : f5_bigip_SOL16945.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2016-03-03 | Name : The remote Slackware host is missing a security update. File : Slackware_SSA_2016-062-01.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2015-08-17 | Name : The remote host is missing a Mac OS X update that fixes multiple security vul... File : macosx_10_10_5.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2015-03-26 | Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security update. File : debian_DLA-114.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2015-03-26 | Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security update. File : debian_DLA-113.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2015-01-09 | Name : The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing a security update. File : mandriva_MDVSA-2015-011.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2015-01-09 | Name : The remote Amazon Linux AMI host is missing a security update. File : ala_ALAS-2015-467.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2015-01-08 | Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch. File : ubuntu_USN-2455-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2015-01-05 | Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update. File : fedora_2014-17245.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2015-01-05 | Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update. File : fedora_2014-17277.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2015-01-05 | Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update. File : fedora_2014-17243.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2014-12-29 | Name : The remote OracleVM host is missing a security update. File : oraclevm_OVMSA-2014-0086.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2014-12-29 | Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update. File : openSUSE-2014-812.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2014-12-26 | Name : The remote SuSE 11 host is missing a security update. File : suse_11_mailx-141215.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2014-12-17 | Name : The remote CentOS host is missing a security update. File : centos_RHSA-2014-1999.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2014-12-17 | Name : The remote Scientific Linux host is missing one or more security updates. File : sl_20141216_mailx_on_SL6_x.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2014-12-17 | Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates. File : redhat-RHSA-2014-1999.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2014-12-17 | Name : The remote Oracle Linux host is missing a security update. File : oraclelinux_ELSA-2014-1999.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2014-12-17 | Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update. File : debian_DSA-3105.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2014-12-17 | Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update. File : debian_DSA-3104.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
Alert History
| Date | Informations |
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| 2015-01-10 13:23:28 |
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| 2014-12-29 17:26:36 |
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| 2014-12-24 21:27:33 |
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| 2014-12-18 13:25:37 |
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| 2014-12-17 00:21:49 |
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