Arbitrary Code Injection Affecting mailx-debuginfo package, versions <0:12.4-8.8.amzn1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Not Defined
EPSS
0.18% (57th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN201803-MAILXDEBUGINFO-1681406
  • published27 Sept 2021
  • disclosed14 Jan 2020

Introduced: 14 Jan 2020

CVE-2014-7844  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-74  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2018.03 mailx-debuginfo to version 0:12.4-8.8.amzn1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS-2015-467.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream mailx-debuginfo package and not the mailx-debuginfo package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2018.03 relevant fixed versions and status.

BSD mailx 8.1.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a crafted email address.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1