CVE-2004-2771 (GCVE-0-2004-2771)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2014-12-24 18:00 – Updated: 2024-08-08 01:36
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Summary
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.
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References
http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-1999.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3105 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
http://secunia.com/advisories/61693 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug… x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q4/1066 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://secunia.com/advisories/60940 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://secunia.com/advisories/61585 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1999.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
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