CVE-2012-2140 (GCVE-0-2012-2140)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2012-07-18 18:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 19:26
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
11 references
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|---|---|
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=816352 | x_refsource_MISC |
| http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-… | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA |
| https://github.com/mikel/mail/commit/ac56f03bdfc3… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/04/25/8 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST |
| http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-… | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA |
| https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=759092 | x_refsource_MISC |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/48970 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA |
| https://github.com/mikel/mail/commit/39b590ddb08f… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| https://github.com/mikel/mail/blob/9beb079c70d236… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-… | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/04/26/1 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST |
Date Public
2012-03-05 00:00
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