CVE-2012-2140
high
CVSS v3
—
CVSS v2
7.5
VIR risk
7.5
Description
The Mail gem before 2.4.3 for Ruby allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in a (1) sendmail or (2) exim delivery.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
—
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-2140
Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — https://github.com/mikel/mail/commit/ac56f03bdfc30b379aeecd4ff317d08fdaa328c2
Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — https://github.com/mikel/mail/commit/39b590ddb08f90ddbe445837359a2c8843e533d0
Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — http://secunia.com/advisories/48970
OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 2.4.4-1 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 2.4.4-1 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 2.4.4-1 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 2.4.4-1 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 2.4.4-1 |
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-2140
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-May/080645.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-May/080648.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-May/080747.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48970
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/04/25/8
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/04/26/1
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=759092
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=816352
- https://github.com/mikel/mail/blob/9beb079c70d236a5ad2e1ba95b2c977e55deb7af/CHANGELOG.rdoc
- https://github.com/mikel/mail/commit/39b590ddb08f90ddbe445837359a2c8843e533d0
- https://github.com/mikel/mail/commit/ac56f03bdfc30b379aeecd4ff317d08fdaa328c2
- https://github.com/mikel/mail
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-2140
CWEs
CWE-20
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.