MGASA-2014-0538

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    MGASA-2014-0538

    Published: 19 Dec 2014Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026

    Summary: Updated nail package fixes security vulnerabilities

    Details: Updated nail package fixes security vulnerabilities: A flaw was found in the way mailx handled the parsing of email addresses. A syntactically valid email address could allow a local attacker to cause mailx to execute arbitrary shell commands through shell meta-characters and the direct command execution functionality (CVE-2004-2771, CVE-2014-7844).

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0538.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14828, https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1999.html

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: nail

    Purl: pkg:rpm/mageia/nail?arch=source&distro=mageia-4

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -12.4-9.1.mga4

    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
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