DEBIAN-CVE-2002-1271

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    DEBIAN-CVE-2002-1271

    Published: 12 Nov 2002Last Modified: 1 Sept 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2002-1271

    Summary:

    Details: The Mail::Mailer Perl module in the perl-MailTools package 1.47 and earlier uses mailx as the default mailer, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands by inserting them into the mail body, which is then processed by mailx.

    References: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2002-1271

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: libmailtools-perl

    Purl: pkg:deb/debian/libmailtools-perl?arch=source&distro=bookworm

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.51

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High