Debian Security Advisory
mailx -- local exploit
- Date Reported:
- 08 Aug 2000
- Affected Packages:
- mailx
- Vulnerable:
- Yes
- Security database references:
- In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2000-0703.
- More information:
- mailx is often used by other programs to send email.
Unfortunately mailx as distributed in Debian GNU/Linux 2.1 (slink) and Debian GNU/Linux
2.2 (potato) has some features that made it possible to execute system commands
if a user can trick a privileged program to send email using /usr/bin/mail.
This has been fixed in version 8.1.1-10.1.1slink.2 (for Debian GNU/Linux 2.1) and version 8.1.1-10.1.3 (for Debian GNU/Linux 2.2) by no longer allowing all configuration options to be set using the environment.
- Fixed in:
-
Debian GNU/Linux 2.1 (slink):
- Source:
- http://security.debian.org/dists/slink/updates/source/mailx_8.1.1-10.1.1slink.2.diff.gz
- http://security.debian.org/dists/slink/updates/source/mailx_8.1.1-10.1.1slink.2.dsc
- http://security.debian.org/dists/slink/updates/source/mailx_8.1.1.orig.tar.gz
- http://security.debian.org/dists/slink/updates/source/mailx_8.1.1-10.1.1slink.2.dsc
- alpha:
- http://security.debian.org/dists/slink/updates/binary-alpha/mailx_8.1.1-10.1.1slink.2_alpha.deb
- i386:
- http://security.debian.org/dists/slink/updates/binary-i386/mailx_8.1.1-10.1.1slink.2_i386.deb
- m68k:
- http://security.debian.org/dists/slink/updates/binary-m68k/mailx_8.1.1-10.1.1slink.2_m68k.deb
- sparc:
- http://security.debian.org/dists/slink/updates/binary-sparc/mailx_8.1.1-10.1.1slink.2_sparc.deb
Debian GNU/Linux 2.2 (potato):
- Source:
- http://security.debian.org/dists/potato/updates/main/source/mailx_8.1.1-10.1.3.diff.gz
- http://security.debian.org/dists/potato/updates/main/source/mailx_8.1.1-10.1.3.dsc
- http://security.debian.org/dists/potato/updates/main/source/mailx_8.1.1.orig.tar.gz
- http://security.debian.org/dists/potato/updates/main/source/mailx_8.1.1-10.1.3.dsc
- alpha:
- http://security.debian.org/dists/potato/updates/main/binary-alpha/mailx_8.1.1-10.1.3_alpha.deb
- arm:
- http://security.debian.org/dists/potato/updates/main/binary-arm/mailx_8.1.1-10.1.3_arm.deb
- i386:
- http://security.debian.org/dists/potato/updates/main/binary-i386/mailx_8.1.1-10.1.3_i386.deb
- powerpc:
- http://security.debian.org/dists/potato/updates/main/binary-powerpc/mailx_8.1.1-10.1.3_powerpc.deb
- sparc:
- http://security.debian.org/dists/potato/updates/main/binary-sparc/mailx_8.1.1-10.1.3_sparc.deb