Use of Externally-Controlled Format String Affecting cgiemail package, versions <1.6-37+deb7u1build0.16.10.1


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.56% (84th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1610-CGIEMAIL-384890
  • published3 Mar 2017
  • disclosed3 Mar 2017

Introduced: 3 Mar 2017

CVE-2017-5613  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-134  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:16.10 cgiemail to version 1.6-37+deb7u1build0.16.10.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream cgiemail package and not the cgiemail package as distributed by Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:16.10 relevant fixed versions and status.

Format string vulnerability in cgiemail and cgiecho allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in a template file.