UBUNTU-CVE-2004-2771

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2004-2771

    Published: 24 Dec 2014Last Modified: 8 Sept 2025
    Upstream:
    CVE-2004-2771

    Summary:

    Details: The expand function in fio.c in Heirloom mailx 12.5 and earlier and BSD mailx 8.1.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in an email address.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2004-2771, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2004-2771

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: heirloom-mailx

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]+deb7u1build0.14.04.1?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -12.5-2+deb7u1build0.14.04.1

    Affected versions

    12.5-2

    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