glsa-201804-06.xml


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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
<glsa id="201804-06">
  <title>mailx: Multiple vulnerabilities</title>
  <synopsis>Multiple vulnerabilities were discovered in mailx, the worst of
    which may allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary commands.
  </synopsis>
  <product type="ebuild">mailx</product>
  <announced>2018-04-08</announced>
  <revised count="1">2018-04-08</revised>
  <bug>533208</bug>
  <access>remote</access>
  <affected>
    <package name="mail-client/mailx" auto="yes" arch="*">
      <unaffected range="ge">8.1.2.20160123</unaffected>
      <vulnerable range="lt">8.1.2.20160123</vulnerable>
    </package>
  </affected>
  <background>
    <p>A utility program for sending and receiving mail, also known as a Mail
      User Agent program.
    </p>
  </background>
  <description>
    <p>Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in mailx. Please review
      the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
    </p>
  </description>
  <impact type="normal">
    <p>A remote attacker could execute arbitrary commands.</p>
  </impact>
  <workaround>
    <p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p>
  </workaround>
  <resolution>
    <p>All mailx users should upgrade to the latest version:</p>
    
    <code>
      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose
      "&gt;=mail-client/mailx-8.1.2.20160123"
    </code>
  </resolution>
  <references>
    <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2004-2771">CVE-2004-2771</uri>
    <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-7844">CVE-2014-7844</uri>
  </references>
  <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2018-04-08T17:41:56Z">chrisadr</metadata>
  <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2018-04-08T23:25:59Z">b-man</metadata>
</glsa>