Arbitrary Code Injection The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package bsd-mailx (opens in a new tab)
Threat Intelligence
Exploit maturity not defined.
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- published27 Jun 2018
- disclosed14 Jan 2020
Introduced: 27 Jun 2018
CVE-2014-7844 (opens in a new tab)Amendment
The Ubuntu security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Ubuntu:16.10.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream bsd-mailx package and not the bsd-mailx package as distributed by Ubuntu.
BSD mailx 8.1.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a crafted email address.
References
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2014-7844
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3104
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3105
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-7844
- http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-1999.html
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q4/1066
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1999.html
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014:1999
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-7844
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1162783