Vulnerabilities > CVE-2004-2771 - Improper Input Validation vulnerability in multiple products
Attack vector
UNKNOWN Attack complexity
UNKNOWN Privileges required
UNKNOWN Confidentiality impact
UNKNOWN Integrity impact
UNKNOWN Availability impact
UNKNOWN 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.
Vulnerable Configurations
Part | Description | Count |
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OS | 2 | |
OS | 2 | |
Application | 1 | |
Application | 6 |
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
- Buffer Overflow via Environment Variables This attack pattern involves causing a buffer overflow through manipulation of environment variables. Once the attacker finds that they can modify an environment variable, they may try to overflow associated buffers. This attack leverages implicit trust often placed in environment variables.
- Server Side Include (SSI) Injection An attacker can use Server Side Include (SSI) Injection to send code to a web application that then gets executed by the web server. Doing so enables the attacker to achieve similar results to Cross Site Scripting, viz., arbitrary code execution and information disclosure, albeit on a more limited scale, since the SSI directives are nowhere near as powerful as a full-fledged scripting language. Nonetheless, the attacker can conveniently gain access to sensitive files, such as password files, and execute shell commands.
- Cross Zone Scripting An attacker is able to cause a victim to load content into their web-browser that bypasses security zone controls and gain access to increased privileges to execute scripting code or other web objects such as unsigned ActiveX controls or applets. This is a privilege elevation attack targeted at zone-based web-browser security. In a zone-based model, pages belong to one of a set of zones corresponding to the level of privilege assigned to that page. Pages in an untrusted zone would have a lesser level of access to the system and/or be restricted in the types of executable content it was allowed to invoke. In a cross-zone scripting attack, a page that should be assigned to a less privileged zone is granted the privileges of a more trusted zone. This can be accomplished by exploiting bugs in the browser, exploiting incorrect configuration in the zone controls, through a cross-site scripting attack that causes the attackers' content to be treated as coming from a more trusted page, or by leveraging some piece of system functionality that is accessible from both the trusted and less trusted zone. This attack differs from "Restful Privilege Escalation" in that the latter correlates to the inadequate securing of RESTful access methods (such as HTTP DELETE) on the server, while cross-zone scripting attacks the concept of security zones as implemented by a browser.
- Cross Site Scripting through Log Files An attacker may leverage a system weakness where logs are susceptible to log injection to insert scripts into the system's logs. If these logs are later viewed by an administrator through a thin administrative interface and the log data is not properly HTML encoded before being written to the page, the attackers' scripts stored in the log will be executed in the administrative interface with potentially serious consequences. This attack pattern is really a combination of two other attack patterns: log injection and stored cross site scripting.
- Command Line Execution through SQL Injection An attacker uses standard SQL injection methods to inject data into the command line for execution. This could be done directly through misuse of directives such as MSSQL_xp_cmdshell or indirectly through injection of data into the database that would be interpreted as shell commands. Sometime later, an unscrupulous backend application (or could be part of the functionality of the same application) fetches the injected data stored in the database and uses this data as command line arguments without performing proper validation. The malicious data escapes that data plane by spawning new commands to be executed on the host.
Nessus
NASL family Scientific Linux Local Security Checks NASL id SL_20141216_MAILX_ON_SL6_X.NASL description A flaw was found in the way mailx handled the parsing of email addresses. A syntactically valid email address could allow a local attacker to cause mailx to execute arbitrary shell commands through shell meta-characters and the direct command execution functionality. (CVE-2004-2771, CVE-2014-7844) Note: Applications using mailx to send email to addresses obtained from untrusted sources will still remain vulnerable to other attacks if they accept email addresses which start with last seen 2020-03-18 modified 2014-12-17 plugin id 80075 published 2014-12-17 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2014-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/80075 title Scientific Linux Security Update : mailx on SL6.x, SL7.x i386/x86_64 (20141216) code # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # # The descriptive text is (C) Scientific Linux. # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(80075); script_version("1.5"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2020/02/25"); script_cve_id("CVE-2004-2771", "CVE-2014-7844"); script_name(english:"Scientific Linux Security Update : mailx on SL6.x, SL7.x i386/x86_64 (20141216)"); script_summary(english:"Checks rpm output for the updated packages"); script_set_attribute( attribute:"synopsis", value: "The remote Scientific Linux host is missing one or more security updates." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"description", value: "A flaw was found in the way mailx handled the parsing of email addresses. A syntactically valid email address could allow a local attacker to cause mailx to execute arbitrary shell commands through shell meta-characters and the direct command execution functionality. (CVE-2004-2771, CVE-2014-7844) Note: Applications using mailx to send email to addresses obtained from untrusted sources will still remain vulnerable to other attacks if they accept email addresses which start with '-' (so that they can be confused with mailx options). To counteract this issue, this update also introduces the '--' option, which will treat the remaining command line arguments as email addresses." ); # https://listserv.fnal.gov/scripts/wa.exe?A2=ind1412&L=scientific-linux-errata&T=0&P=2833 script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?a2f605e6" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected mailx and / or mailx-debuginfo packages." ); script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P"); script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:mailx"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:mailx-debuginfo"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"x-cpe:/o:fermilab:scientific_linux"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2014/12/24"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2014/12/16"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2014/12/17"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current"); script_end_attributes(); script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO); script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2014-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof."); script_family(english:"Scientific Linux Local Security Checks"); script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl"); script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/cpu", "Host/RedHat/release", "Host/RedHat/rpm-list"); exit(0); } include("audit.inc"); include("global_settings.inc"); include("misc_func.inc"); include("rpm.inc"); if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED); release = get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/release"); if (isnull(release) || "Scientific Linux " >!< release) audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "running Scientific Linux"); os_ver = pregmatch(pattern: "Scientific Linux.*release ([0-9]+(\.[0-9]+)?)", string:release); if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, "Scientific Linux"); os_ver = os_ver[1]; if (! preg(pattern:"^7([^0-9]|$)", string:os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Scientific Linux 7.x", "Scientific Linux " + os_ver); if (!get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING); cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu"); if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH); if (cpu >!< "x86_64" && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$") audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "Scientific Linux", cpu); flag = 0; if (rpm_check(release:"SL6", reference:"mailx-12.4-8.el6_6")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"SL6", reference:"mailx-debuginfo-12.4-8.el6_6")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"SL7", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"mailx-12.5-12.el7_0")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"SL7", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"mailx-debuginfo-12.5-12.el7_0")) flag++; if (flag) { security_report_v4( port : 0, severity : SECURITY_HOLE, extra : rpm_report_get() ); exit(0); } else { tested = pkg_tests_get(); if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested); else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "mailx / mailx-debuginfo"); }
NASL family Fedora Local Security Checks NASL id FEDORA_2014-17245.NASL description Security fix for CVE-2004-2771, CVE-2014-7844 Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues. last seen 2020-03-17 modified 2015-01-05 plugin id 80344 published 2015-01-05 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2015-2020 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/80344 title Fedora 20 : mailx-12.5-11.fc20 (2014-17245) code #%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502 # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were # extracted from Fedora Security Advisory 2014-17245. # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(80344); script_version("1.4"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2020/03/12"); script_cve_id("CVE-2004-2771", "CVE-2014-7844"); script_bugtraq_id(71701, 71704); script_xref(name:"FEDORA", value:"2014-17245"); script_name(english:"Fedora 20 : mailx-12.5-11.fc20 (2014-17245)"); script_summary(english:"Checks rpm output for the updated package."); script_set_attribute( attribute:"synopsis", value:"The remote Fedora host is missing a security update." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"description", value: "Security fix for CVE-2004-2771, CVE-2014-7844 Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1162783" ); # https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/147453.html script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?62c95912" ); script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected mailx package."); script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P"); script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:ND/RL:OF/RC:C"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:mailx"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:20"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2014/12/19"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2015/01/05"); script_end_attributes(); script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO); script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2015-2020 Tenable Network Security, Inc."); script_family(english:"Fedora Local Security Checks"); script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl"); script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/RedHat/release", "Host/RedHat/rpm-list"); exit(0); } include("audit.inc"); include("global_settings.inc"); include("rpm.inc"); if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED); release = get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/release"); if (isnull(release) || "Fedora" >!< release) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Fedora"); os_ver = eregmatch(pattern: "Fedora.*release ([0-9]+)", string:release); if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, "Fedora"); os_ver = os_ver[1]; if (! ereg(pattern:"^20([^0-9]|$)", string:os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Fedora 20.x", "Fedora " + os_ver); if (!get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING); cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu"); if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH); if ("x86_64" >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$") audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "Fedora", cpu); flag = 0; if (rpm_check(release:"FC20", reference:"mailx-12.5-11.fc20")) flag++; if (flag) { if (report_verbosity > 0) security_hole(port:0, extra:rpm_report_get()); else security_hole(0); exit(0); } else { tested = pkg_tests_get(); if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested); else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "mailx"); }
NASL family SuSE Local Security Checks NASL id SUSE_11_MAILX-141215.NASL description This mailx update fixes the following security issues : - Shell command injection via crafted email addresses. (CVE-2004-2771 / CVE-2014-7844). (bnc#909208) last seen 2020-06-05 modified 2014-12-26 plugin id 80251 published 2014-12-26 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2014-2020 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/80251 title SuSE 11.3 Security Update : mailx (SAT Patch Number 10096) code #%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502 # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were # extracted from SuSE 11 update information. The text itself is # copyright (C) Novell, Inc. # if (NASL_LEVEL < 3000) exit(0); include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(80251); script_version("1.3"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2020/06/04"); script_cve_id("CVE-2004-2771", "CVE-2014-7844"); script_name(english:"SuSE 11.3 Security Update : mailx (SAT Patch Number 10096)"); script_summary(english:"Checks rpm output for the updated package"); script_set_attribute( attribute:"synopsis", value:"The remote SuSE 11 host is missing a security update." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"description", value: "This mailx update fixes the following security issues : - Shell command injection via crafted email addresses. (CVE-2004-2771 / CVE-2014-7844). (bnc#909208)" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=909208" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2004-2771.html" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-7844.html" ); script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:"Apply SAT patch number 10096."); script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:mailx"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:11"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2014/12/15"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2014/12/26"); script_end_attributes(); script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO); script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2014-2020 Tenable Network Security, Inc."); script_family(english:"SuSE Local Security Checks"); script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl"); script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/cpu", "Host/SuSE/release", "Host/SuSE/rpm-list"); exit(0); } include("audit.inc"); include("global_settings.inc"); include("rpm.inc"); if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED); release = get_kb_item("Host/SuSE/release"); if (isnull(release) || release !~ "^(SLED|SLES)11") audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "SuSE 11"); if (!get_kb_item("Host/SuSE/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING); cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu"); if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH); if (cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$" && "x86_64" >!< cpu && "s390x" >!< cpu) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "SuSE 11", cpu); pl = get_kb_item("Host/SuSE/patchlevel"); if (isnull(pl) || int(pl) != 3) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "SuSE 11.3"); flag = 0; if (rpm_check(release:"SLED11", sp:3, cpu:"i586", reference:"mailx-12.5-1.7.1")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"SLED11", sp:3, cpu:"x86_64", reference:"mailx-12.5-1.7.1")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"SLES11", sp:3, reference:"mailx-12.5-1.7.1")) flag++; if (flag) { if (report_verbosity > 0) security_hole(port:0, extra:rpm_report_get()); else security_hole(0); exit(0); } else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");
NASL family SuSE Local Security Checks NASL id OPENSUSE-2014-812.NASL description This mailx update fixes the following security issue : bsc#909208: shell command injection via crafted email addresses (CVE-2004-2771, CVE-2014-7844) last seen 2020-06-05 modified 2014-12-29 plugin id 80274 published 2014-12-29 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2014-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/80274 title openSUSE Security Update : mailx (openSUSE-SU-2014:1713-1) code #%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502 # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were # extracted from openSUSE Security Update openSUSE-2014-812. # # The text description of this plugin is (C) SUSE LLC. # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(80274); script_version("1.5"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2020/06/04"); script_cve_id("CVE-2004-2771", "CVE-2014-7844"); script_name(english:"openSUSE Security Update : mailx (openSUSE-SU-2014:1713-1)"); script_summary(english:"Check for the openSUSE-2014-812 patch"); script_set_attribute( attribute:"synopsis", value:"The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"description", value: "This mailx update fixes the following security issue : bsc#909208: shell command injection via crafted email addresses (CVE-2004-2771, CVE-2014-7844)" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=909208" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-12/msg00097.html" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected mailx packages." ); script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P"); script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:mailx"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:mailx-debuginfo"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:mailx-debugsource"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:12.3"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:13.1"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:13.2"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2014/12/24"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2014/12/17"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2014/12/29"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current"); script_end_attributes(); script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO); script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2014-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof."); script_family(english:"SuSE Local Security Checks"); script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl"); script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/SuSE/release", "Host/SuSE/rpm-list", "Host/cpu"); exit(0); } include("audit.inc"); include("global_settings.inc"); include("rpm.inc"); if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED); release = get_kb_item("Host/SuSE/release"); if (isnull(release) || release =~ "^(SLED|SLES)") audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "openSUSE"); if (release !~ "^(SUSE12\.3|SUSE13\.1|SUSE13\.2)$") audit(AUDIT_OS_RELEASE_NOT, "openSUSE", "12.3 / 13.1 / 13.2", release); if (!get_kb_item("Host/SuSE/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING); ourarch = get_kb_item("Host/cpu"); if (!ourarch) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH); if (ourarch !~ "^(i586|i686|x86_64)$") audit(AUDIT_ARCH_NOT, "i586 / i686 / x86_64", ourarch); flag = 0; if ( rpm_check(release:"SUSE12.3", reference:"mailx-12.5-9.4.1") ) flag++; if ( rpm_check(release:"SUSE12.3", reference:"mailx-debuginfo-12.5-9.4.1") ) flag++; if ( rpm_check(release:"SUSE12.3", reference:"mailx-debugsource-12.5-9.4.1") ) flag++; if ( rpm_check(release:"SUSE13.1", reference:"mailx-12.5-14.4.1") ) flag++; if ( rpm_check(release:"SUSE13.1", reference:"mailx-debuginfo-12.5-14.4.1") ) flag++; if ( rpm_check(release:"SUSE13.1", reference:"mailx-debugsource-12.5-14.4.1") ) flag++; if ( rpm_check(release:"SUSE13.2", reference:"mailx-12.5-20.4.1") ) flag++; if ( rpm_check(release:"SUSE13.2", reference:"mailx-debuginfo-12.5-20.4.1") ) flag++; if ( rpm_check(release:"SUSE13.2", reference:"mailx-debugsource-12.5-20.4.1") ) flag++; if (flag) { if (report_verbosity > 0) security_hole(port:0, extra:rpm_report_get()); else security_hole(0); exit(0); } else { tested = pkg_tests_get(); if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested); else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "mailx / mailx-debuginfo / mailx-debugsource"); }
NASL family Debian Local Security Checks NASL id DEBIAN_DLA-113.NASL description It was discovered that bsd-mailx, an implementation of the last seen 2020-03-17 modified 2015-03-26 plugin id 82097 published 2015-03-26 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2015-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/82097 title Debian DLA-113-1 : bsd-mailx security update code #%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502 # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were # extracted from Debian Security Advisory DLA-113-1. The text # itself is copyright (C) Software in the Public Interest, Inc. # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(82097); script_version("1.8"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2020/03/12"); script_cve_id("CVE-2014-7844"); script_bugtraq_id(71701); script_name(english:"Debian DLA-113-1 : bsd-mailx security update"); script_summary(english:"Checks dpkg output for the updated package."); script_set_attribute( attribute:"synopsis", value:"The remote Debian host is missing a security update." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"description", value: "It was discovered that bsd-mailx, an implementation of the 'mail' command, had an undocumented feature which treats syntactically valid email addresses as shell commands to execute. Users who need this feature can re-enable it using the 'expandaddr' in an appropriate mailrc file. This update also removes the obsolete -T option. An older security vulnerability, CVE-2004-2771, had already been addressed in the Debian's bsd-mailx package. Note that this security update does not remove all mailx facilities for command execution, though. Scripts which send mail to addresses obtained from an untrusted source (such as a web form) should use the '--' separator before the email addresses (which was fixed to work properly in this update), or they should be changed to invoke 'mail -t' or 'sendmail -i -t' instead, passing the recipient addresses as part of the mail header. For the oldstable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in version 8.1.2-0.20100314cvs-1+deb6u1. We recommend that you upgrade your bsd-mailx packages. NOTE: Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the DLA security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2014/12/msg00016.html" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://packages.debian.org/source/squeeze-lts/bsd-mailx" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"solution", value:"Upgrade the affected bsd-mailx package." ); script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C"); script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C"); script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"); script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:bsd-mailx"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:6.0"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2020/01/14"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2014/12/17"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2015/03/26"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current"); script_end_attributes(); script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO); script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2015-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof."); script_family(english:"Debian Local Security Checks"); script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl"); script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/Debian/release", "Host/Debian/dpkg-l"); exit(0); } include("audit.inc"); include("debian_package.inc"); if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED); if (!get_kb_item("Host/Debian/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Debian"); if (!get_kb_item("Host/Debian/dpkg-l")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING); flag = 0; if (deb_check(release:"6.0", prefix:"bsd-mailx", reference:"8.1.2-0.20100314cvs-1+deb6u1")) flag++; if (flag) { if (report_verbosity > 0) security_hole(port:0, extra:deb_report_get()); else security_hole(0); exit(0); } else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");
NASL family CentOS Local Security Checks NASL id CENTOS_RHSA-2014-1999.NASL description Updated mailx packages that fix two security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 and 7. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Moderate security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base scores, which give detailed severity ratings, are available for each vulnerability from the CVE links in the References section. The mailx packages contain a mail user agent that is used to manage mail using scripts. A flaw was found in the way mailx handled the parsing of email addresses. A syntactically valid email address could allow a local attacker to cause mailx to execute arbitrary shell commands through shell meta-characters and the direct command execution functionality. (CVE-2004-2771, CVE-2014-7844) Note: Applications using mailx to send email to addresses obtained from untrusted sources will still remain vulnerable to other attacks if they accept email addresses which start with last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 80056 published 2014-12-17 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2014-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/80056 title CentOS 6 / 7 : mailx (CESA-2014:1999) code # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were # extracted from Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2014:1999 and # CentOS Errata and Security Advisory 2014:1999 respectively. # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(80056); script_version("1.11"); script_cvs_date("Date: 2020/01/22"); script_cve_id("CVE-2004-2771", "CVE-2014-7844"); script_bugtraq_id(71701, 71704); script_xref(name:"RHSA", value:"2014:1999"); script_name(english:"CentOS 6 / 7 : mailx (CESA-2014:1999)"); script_summary(english:"Checks rpm output for the updated package"); script_set_attribute( attribute:"synopsis", value:"The remote CentOS host is missing a security update." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"description", value: "Updated mailx packages that fix two security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 and 7. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Moderate security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base scores, which give detailed severity ratings, are available for each vulnerability from the CVE links in the References section. The mailx packages contain a mail user agent that is used to manage mail using scripts. A flaw was found in the way mailx handled the parsing of email addresses. A syntactically valid email address could allow a local attacker to cause mailx to execute arbitrary shell commands through shell meta-characters and the direct command execution functionality. (CVE-2004-2771, CVE-2014-7844) Note: Applications using mailx to send email to addresses obtained from untrusted sources will still remain vulnerable to other attacks if they accept email addresses which start with '-' (so that they can be confused with mailx options). To counteract this issue, this update also introduces the '--' option, which will treat the remaining command line arguments as email addresses. All mailx users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain backported patches to correct these issues." ); # https://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2014-December/020836.html script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?a27cf2de" ); # https://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2014-December/020837.html script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?ee434079" ); script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected mailx package."); script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P"); script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C"); script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"); script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2004-2771"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:mailx"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:centos:centos:6"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:centos:centos:7"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2014/12/24"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2014/12/16"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2014/12/17"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current"); script_end_attributes(); script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO); script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2014-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof."); script_family(english:"CentOS Local Security Checks"); script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl"); script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/CentOS/release", "Host/CentOS/rpm-list"); exit(0); } include("audit.inc"); include("global_settings.inc"); include("rpm.inc"); if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED); release = get_kb_item("Host/CentOS/release"); if (isnull(release) || "CentOS" >!< release) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "CentOS"); os_ver = pregmatch(pattern: "CentOS(?: Linux)? release ([0-9]+)", string:release); if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, "CentOS"); os_ver = os_ver[1]; if (! preg(pattern:"^(6|7)([^0-9]|$)", string:os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "CentOS 6.x / 7.x", "CentOS " + os_ver); if (!get_kb_item("Host/CentOS/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING); cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu"); if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH); if ("x86_64" >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$") audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "CentOS", cpu); flag = 0; if (rpm_check(release:"CentOS-6", reference:"mailx-12.4-8.el6_6")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"CentOS-7", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"mailx-12.5-12.el7_0")) flag++; if (flag) { security_report_v4( port : 0, severity : SECURITY_HOLE, extra : rpm_report_get() ); exit(0); } else { tested = pkg_tests_get(); if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested); else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "mailx"); }
NASL family Slackware Local Security Checks NASL id SLACKWARE_SSA_2016-062-01.NASL description New mailx packages are available for Slackware 13.0, 13.1, 13.37, 14.0, 14.1, and -current to fix security issues. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 89084 published 2016-03-03 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2016-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/89084 title Slackware 13.0 / 13.1 / 13.37 / 14.0 / 14.1 / current : mailx (SSA:2016-062-01) code # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were # extracted from Slackware Security Advisory 2016-062-01. The text # itself is copyright (C) Slackware Linux, Inc. # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(89084); script_version("2.2"); script_cvs_date("Date: 2020/01/22"); script_cve_id("CVE-2004-2771", "CVE-2014-7844"); script_xref(name:"SSA", value:"2016-062-01"); script_name(english:"Slackware 13.0 / 13.1 / 13.37 / 14.0 / 14.1 / current : mailx (SSA:2016-062-01)"); script_summary(english:"Checks for updated package in /var/log/packages"); script_set_attribute( attribute:"synopsis", value:"The remote Slackware host is missing a security update." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"description", value: "New mailx packages are available for Slackware 13.0, 13.1, 13.37, 14.0, 14.1, and -current to fix security issues." ); # http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2016&m=slackware-security.510514 script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?d8c668e8" ); script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected mailx package."); script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P"); script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:slackware:slackware_linux:mailx"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:slackware:slackware_linux"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:slackware:slackware_linux:13.0"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:slackware:slackware_linux:13.1"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:slackware:slackware_linux:13.37"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:slackware:slackware_linux:14.0"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:slackware:slackware_linux:14.1"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2014/12/24"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2016/03/03"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2016/03/03"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current"); script_end_attributes(); script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO); script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2016-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof."); script_family(english:"Slackware Local Security Checks"); script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl"); script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/Slackware/release", "Host/Slackware/packages"); exit(0); } include("audit.inc"); include("global_settings.inc"); include("slackware.inc"); if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED); if (!get_kb_item("Host/Slackware/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Slackware"); if (!get_kb_item("Host/Slackware/packages")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING); cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu"); if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH); if ("x86_64" >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$") audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "Slackware", cpu); flag = 0; if (slackware_check(osver:"13.0", pkgname:"mailx", pkgver:"12.5", pkgarch:"i486", pkgnum:"1_slack13.0")) flag++; if (slackware_check(osver:"13.0", arch:"x86_64", pkgname:"mailx", pkgver:"12.5", pkgarch:"x86_64", pkgnum:"1_slack13.0")) flag++; if (slackware_check(osver:"13.1", pkgname:"mailx", pkgver:"12.5", pkgarch:"i486", pkgnum:"1_slack13.1")) flag++; if (slackware_check(osver:"13.1", arch:"x86_64", pkgname:"mailx", pkgver:"12.5", pkgarch:"x86_64", pkgnum:"1_slack13.1")) flag++; if (slackware_check(osver:"13.37", pkgname:"mailx", pkgver:"12.5", pkgarch:"i486", pkgnum:"1_slack13.37")) flag++; if (slackware_check(osver:"13.37", arch:"x86_64", pkgname:"mailx", pkgver:"12.5", pkgarch:"x86_64", pkgnum:"1_slack13.37")) flag++; if (slackware_check(osver:"14.0", pkgname:"mailx", pkgver:"12.5", pkgarch:"i486", pkgnum:"2_slack14.0")) flag++; if (slackware_check(osver:"14.0", arch:"x86_64", pkgname:"mailx", pkgver:"12.5", pkgarch:"x86_64", pkgnum:"2_slack14.0")) flag++; if (slackware_check(osver:"14.1", pkgname:"mailx", pkgver:"12.5", pkgarch:"i486", pkgnum:"2_slack14.1")) flag++; if (slackware_check(osver:"14.1", arch:"x86_64", pkgname:"mailx", pkgver:"12.5", pkgarch:"x86_64", pkgnum:"2_slack14.1")) flag++; if (slackware_check(osver:"current", pkgname:"mailx", pkgver:"12.5", pkgarch:"i586", pkgnum:"2")) flag++; if (slackware_check(osver:"current", arch:"x86_64", pkgname:"mailx", pkgver:"12.5", pkgarch:"x86_64", pkgnum:"2")) flag++; if (flag) { if (report_verbosity > 0) security_hole(port:0, extra:slackware_report_get()); else security_hole(0); exit(0); } else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");
NASL family Oracle Linux Local Security Checks NASL id ORACLELINUX_ELSA-2014-1999.NASL description From Red Hat Security Advisory 2014:1999 : Updated mailx packages that fix two security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 and 7. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Moderate security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base scores, which give detailed severity ratings, are available for each vulnerability from the CVE links in the References section. The mailx packages contain a mail user agent that is used to manage mail using scripts. A flaw was found in the way mailx handled the parsing of email addresses. A syntactically valid email address could allow a local attacker to cause mailx to execute arbitrary shell commands through shell meta-characters and the direct command execution functionality. (CVE-2004-2771, CVE-2014-7844) Note: Applications using mailx to send email to addresses obtained from untrusted sources will still remain vulnerable to other attacks if they accept email addresses which start with last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 80071 published 2014-12-17 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2014-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/80071 title Oracle Linux 6 / 7 : mailx (ELSA-2014-1999) code # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were # extracted from Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2014:1999 and # Oracle Linux Security Advisory ELSA-2014-1999 respectively. # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(80071); script_version("1.11"); script_cvs_date("Date: 2020/01/22"); script_cve_id("CVE-2004-2771", "CVE-2014-7844"); script_bugtraq_id(71701, 71704); script_xref(name:"RHSA", value:"2014:1999"); script_name(english:"Oracle Linux 6 / 7 : mailx (ELSA-2014-1999)"); script_summary(english:"Checks rpm output for the updated package"); script_set_attribute( attribute:"synopsis", value:"The remote Oracle Linux host is missing a security update." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"description", value: "From Red Hat Security Advisory 2014:1999 : Updated mailx packages that fix two security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 and 7. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Moderate security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base scores, which give detailed severity ratings, are available for each vulnerability from the CVE links in the References section. The mailx packages contain a mail user agent that is used to manage mail using scripts. A flaw was found in the way mailx handled the parsing of email addresses. A syntactically valid email address could allow a local attacker to cause mailx to execute arbitrary shell commands through shell meta-characters and the direct command execution functionality. (CVE-2004-2771, CVE-2014-7844) Note: Applications using mailx to send email to addresses obtained from untrusted sources will still remain vulnerable to other attacks if they accept email addresses which start with '-' (so that they can be confused with mailx options). To counteract this issue, this update also introduces the '--' option, which will treat the remaining command line arguments as email addresses. All mailx users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain backported patches to correct these issues." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://oss.oracle.com/pipermail/el-errata/2014-December/004735.html" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://oss.oracle.com/pipermail/el-errata/2014-December/004736.html" ); script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected mailx package."); script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P"); script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C"); script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"); script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:mailx"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:oracle:linux:6"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:oracle:linux:7"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2014/12/24"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2014/12/16"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2014/12/17"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current"); script_end_attributes(); script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO); script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2014-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof."); script_family(english:"Oracle Linux Local Security Checks"); script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl"); script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/OracleLinux", "Host/RedHat/release", "Host/RedHat/rpm-list"); exit(0); } include("audit.inc"); include("global_settings.inc"); include("rpm.inc"); if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED); if (!get_kb_item("Host/OracleLinux")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Oracle Linux"); release = get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/release"); if (isnull(release) || !pregmatch(pattern: "Oracle (?:Linux Server|Enterprise Linux)", string:release)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Oracle Linux"); os_ver = pregmatch(pattern: "Oracle (?:Linux Server|Enterprise Linux) .*release ([0-9]+(\.[0-9]+)?)", string:release); if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, "Oracle Linux"); os_ver = os_ver[1]; if (! preg(pattern:"^(6|7)([^0-9]|$)", string:os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Oracle Linux 6 / 7", "Oracle Linux " + os_ver); if (!get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING); cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu"); if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH); if ("x86_64" >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$") audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "Oracle Linux", cpu); flag = 0; if (rpm_check(release:"EL6", reference:"mailx-12.4-8.el6_6")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"EL7", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"mailx-12.5-12.el7_0")) flag++; if (flag) { if (report_verbosity > 0) security_hole(port:0, extra:rpm_report_get()); else security_hole(0); exit(0); } else { tested = pkg_tests_get(); if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested); else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "mailx"); }
NASL family Fedora Local Security Checks NASL id FEDORA_2014-17277.NASL description Security fix for CVE-2004-2771, CVE-2014-7844 Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues. last seen 2020-03-17 modified 2015-01-05 plugin id 80345 published 2015-01-05 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2015-2020 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/80345 title Fedora 19 : mailx-12.5-9.fc19 (2014-17277) code #%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502 # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were # extracted from Fedora Security Advisory 2014-17277. # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(80345); script_version("1.4"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2020/03/12"); script_cve_id("CVE-2004-2771", "CVE-2014-7844"); script_bugtraq_id(71701, 71704); script_xref(name:"FEDORA", value:"2014-17277"); script_name(english:"Fedora 19 : mailx-12.5-9.fc19 (2014-17277)"); script_summary(english:"Checks rpm output for the updated package."); script_set_attribute( attribute:"synopsis", value:"The remote Fedora host is missing a security update." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"description", value: "Security fix for CVE-2004-2771, CVE-2014-7844 Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1162783" ); # https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/147393.html script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?9ea0cb29" ); script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected mailx package."); script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P"); script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:ND/RL:OF/RC:C"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:mailx"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:19"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2014/12/19"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2015/01/05"); script_end_attributes(); script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO); script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2015-2020 Tenable Network Security, Inc."); script_family(english:"Fedora Local Security Checks"); script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl"); script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/RedHat/release", "Host/RedHat/rpm-list"); exit(0); } include("audit.inc"); include("global_settings.inc"); include("rpm.inc"); if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED); release = get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/release"); if (isnull(release) || "Fedora" >!< release) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Fedora"); os_ver = eregmatch(pattern: "Fedora.*release ([0-9]+)", string:release); if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, "Fedora"); os_ver = os_ver[1]; if (! ereg(pattern:"^19([^0-9]|$)", string:os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Fedora 19.x", "Fedora " + os_ver); if (!get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING); cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu"); if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH); if ("x86_64" >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$") audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "Fedora", cpu); flag = 0; if (rpm_check(release:"FC19", reference:"mailx-12.5-9.fc19")) flag++; if (flag) { if (report_verbosity > 0) security_hole(port:0, extra:rpm_report_get()); else security_hole(0); exit(0); } else { tested = pkg_tests_get(); if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested); else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "mailx"); }
NASL family OracleVM Local Security Checks NASL id ORACLEVM_OVMSA-2014-0086.NASL description The remote OracleVM system is missing necessary patches to address critical security updates : - CVE-2004-2771 mailx: command execution flaw resolves: #1171175 - resolves: #857120 fixed incorrect return code when TMPDIR points to invalid path - resolves: #845098 added support for alternatives last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 80279 published 2014-12-29 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2014-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/80279 title OracleVM 3.3 : mailx (OVMSA-2014-0086) code # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # # The package checks in this plugin were extracted from OracleVM # Security Advisory OVMSA-2014-0086. # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(80279); script_version("1.7"); script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/09/27 13:00:34"); script_cve_id("CVE-2004-2771"); script_bugtraq_id(71704); script_name(english:"OracleVM 3.3 : mailx (OVMSA-2014-0086)"); script_summary(english:"Checks the RPM output for the updated package."); script_set_attribute( attribute:"synopsis", value:"The remote OracleVM host is missing a security update." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"description", value: "The remote OracleVM system is missing necessary patches to address critical security updates : - CVE-2004-2771 mailx: command execution flaw resolves: #1171175 - resolves: #857120 fixed incorrect return code when TMPDIR points to invalid path - resolves: #845098 added support for alternatives" ); # https://oss.oracle.com/pipermail/oraclevm-errata/2014-December/000251.html script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?c00ad751" ); script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected mailx package."); script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P"); script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:oracle:vm:mailx"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:oracle:vm_server:3.3"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2014/12/24"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2014/12/26"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2014/12/29"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current"); script_end_attributes(); script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO); script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2014-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof."); script_family(english:"OracleVM Local Security Checks"); script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl"); script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/OracleVM/release", "Host/OracleVM/rpm-list"); exit(0); } include("audit.inc"); include("global_settings.inc"); include("rpm.inc"); if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED); release = get_kb_item("Host/OracleVM/release"); if (isnull(release) || "OVS" >!< release) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "OracleVM"); if (! preg(pattern:"^OVS" + "3\.3" + "(\.[0-9]|$)", string:release)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "OracleVM 3.3", "OracleVM " + release); if (!get_kb_item("Host/OracleVM/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING); cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu"); if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH); if ("x86_64" >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$") audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "OracleVM", cpu); if ("x86_64" >!< cpu) audit(AUDIT_ARCH_NOT, "x86_64", cpu); flag = 0; if (rpm_check(release:"OVS3.3", reference:"mailx-12.4-8.el6_6")) flag++; if (flag) { if (report_verbosity > 0) security_hole(port:0, extra:rpm_report_get()); else security_hole(0); exit(0); } else { tested = pkg_tests_get(); if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested); else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "mailx"); }
NASL family Fedora Local Security Checks NASL id FEDORA_2014-17243.NASL description Security fix for CVE-2004-2771, CVE-2014-7844 Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues. last seen 2020-03-17 modified 2015-01-05 plugin id 80343 published 2015-01-05 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2015-2020 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/80343 title Fedora 21 : mailx-12.5-14.fc21 (2014-17243) code #%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502 # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were # extracted from Fedora Security Advisory 2014-17243. # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(80343); script_version("1.4"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2020/03/12"); script_cve_id("CVE-2004-2771", "CVE-2014-7844"); script_bugtraq_id(71701, 71704); script_xref(name:"FEDORA", value:"2014-17243"); script_name(english:"Fedora 21 : mailx-12.5-14.fc21 (2014-17243)"); script_summary(english:"Checks rpm output for the updated package."); script_set_attribute( attribute:"synopsis", value:"The remote Fedora host is missing a security update." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"description", value: "Security fix for CVE-2004-2771, CVE-2014-7844 Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1162783" ); # https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/147445.html script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?f4678aad" ); script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected mailx package."); script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P"); script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:ND/RL:OF/RC:C"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:mailx"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:21"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2014/12/19"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2015/01/05"); script_end_attributes(); script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO); script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2015-2020 Tenable Network Security, Inc."); script_family(english:"Fedora Local Security Checks"); script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl"); script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/RedHat/release", "Host/RedHat/rpm-list"); exit(0); } include("audit.inc"); include("global_settings.inc"); include("rpm.inc"); if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED); release = get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/release"); if (isnull(release) || "Fedora" >!< release) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Fedora"); os_ver = eregmatch(pattern: "Fedora.*release ([0-9]+)", string:release); if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, "Fedora"); os_ver = os_ver[1]; if (! ereg(pattern:"^21([^0-9]|$)", string:os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Fedora 21.x", "Fedora " + os_ver); if (!get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING); cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu"); if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH); if ("x86_64" >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$") audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "Fedora", cpu); flag = 0; if (rpm_check(release:"FC21", reference:"mailx-12.5-14.fc21")) flag++; if (flag) { if (report_verbosity > 0) security_hole(port:0, extra:rpm_report_get()); else security_hole(0); exit(0); } else { tested = pkg_tests_get(); if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested); else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "mailx"); }
NASL family Debian Local Security Checks NASL id DEBIAN_DSA-3105.NASL description Two security vulnerabilities were discovered in Heirloom mailx, an implementation of the last seen 2020-03-17 modified 2014-12-17 plugin id 80058 published 2014-12-17 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2014-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/80058 title Debian DSA-3105-1 : heirloom-mailx - security update code #%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502 # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were # extracted from Debian Security Advisory DSA-3105. The text # itself is copyright (C) Software in the Public Interest, Inc. # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(80058); script_version("1.9"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2020/03/12"); script_cve_id("CVE-2004-2771", "CVE-2014-7844"); script_xref(name:"DSA", value:"3105"); script_name(english:"Debian DSA-3105-1 : heirloom-mailx - security update"); script_summary(english:"Checks dpkg output for the updated package"); script_set_attribute( attribute:"synopsis", value:"The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"description", value: "Two security vulnerabilities were discovered in Heirloom mailx, an implementation of the 'mail' command : - CVE-2004-2771 mailx interprets shell meta-characters in certain email addresses. - CVE-2014-7844 An unexpected feature of mailx treats syntactically valid email addresses as shell commands to execute. Shell command execution can be re-enabled using the 'expandaddr'option. Note that this security update does not remove all mailx facilities for command execution, though. Scripts which send mail to addresses obtained from an untrusted source (such as a web form) should use the-- separator before the email addresses (which was fixed to work properly in this update), or they should be changed to invokemail -t or sendmail -i -t instead, passing the recipient addresses as part of the mail header." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2004-2771" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-7844" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://packages.debian.org/source/wheezy/heirloom-mailx" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3105" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"solution", value: "Upgrade the heirloom-mailx packages. For the stable distribution (wheezy), these problems have been fixed in version 12.5-2+deb7u1." ); script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P"); script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C"); script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"); script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:heirloom-mailx"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:7.0"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2014/12/24"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2014/12/16"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2014/12/17"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current"); script_end_attributes(); script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO); script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2014-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof."); script_family(english:"Debian Local Security Checks"); script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl"); script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/Debian/release", "Host/Debian/dpkg-l"); exit(0); } include("audit.inc"); include("debian_package.inc"); if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED); if (!get_kb_item("Host/Debian/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Debian"); if (!get_kb_item("Host/Debian/dpkg-l")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING); flag = 0; if (deb_check(release:"7.0", prefix:"heirloom-mailx", reference:"12.5-2+deb7u1")) flag++; if (flag) { if (report_verbosity > 0) security_hole(port:0, extra:deb_report_get()); else security_hole(0); exit(0); } else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");
NASL family Red Hat Local Security Checks NASL id REDHAT-RHSA-2014-1999.NASL description Updated mailx packages that fix two security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 and 7. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Moderate security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base scores, which give detailed severity ratings, are available for each vulnerability from the CVE links in the References section. The mailx packages contain a mail user agent that is used to manage mail using scripts. A flaw was found in the way mailx handled the parsing of email addresses. A syntactically valid email address could allow a local attacker to cause mailx to execute arbitrary shell commands through shell meta-characters and the direct command execution functionality. (CVE-2004-2771, CVE-2014-7844) Note: Applications using mailx to send email to addresses obtained from untrusted sources will still remain vulnerable to other attacks if they accept email addresses which start with last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 80074 published 2014-12-17 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2014-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/80074 title RHEL 6 / 7 : mailx (RHSA-2014:1999) code # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were # extracted from Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2014:1999. The text # itself is copyright (C) Red Hat, Inc. # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(80074); script_version("1.15"); script_cvs_date("Date: 2020/01/22"); script_cve_id("CVE-2004-2771", "CVE-2014-7844"); script_bugtraq_id(71701, 71704); script_xref(name:"RHSA", value:"2014:1999"); script_name(english:"RHEL 6 / 7 : mailx (RHSA-2014:1999)"); script_summary(english:"Checks the rpm output for the updated packages"); script_set_attribute( attribute:"synopsis", value:"The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"description", value: "Updated mailx packages that fix two security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 and 7. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Moderate security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base scores, which give detailed severity ratings, are available for each vulnerability from the CVE links in the References section. The mailx packages contain a mail user agent that is used to manage mail using scripts. A flaw was found in the way mailx handled the parsing of email addresses. A syntactically valid email address could allow a local attacker to cause mailx to execute arbitrary shell commands through shell meta-characters and the direct command execution functionality. (CVE-2004-2771, CVE-2014-7844) Note: Applications using mailx to send email to addresses obtained from untrusted sources will still remain vulnerable to other attacks if they accept email addresses which start with '-' (so that they can be confused with mailx options). To counteract this issue, this update also introduces the '--' option, which will treat the remaining command line arguments as email addresses. All mailx users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain backported patches to correct these issues." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014:1999" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2004-2771" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2014-7844" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected mailx and / or mailx-debuginfo packages." ); script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P"); script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C"); script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"); script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mailx"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mailx-debuginfo"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6.6"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.3"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.4"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.5"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.6"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.7"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2014/12/24"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2014/12/16"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2014/12/17"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current"); script_end_attributes(); script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO); script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2014-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof."); script_family(english:"Red Hat Local Security Checks"); script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl"); script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/RedHat/release", "Host/RedHat/rpm-list", "Host/cpu"); exit(0); } include("audit.inc"); include("global_settings.inc"); include("misc_func.inc"); include("rpm.inc"); if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED); release = get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/release"); if (isnull(release) || "Red Hat" >!< release) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Red Hat"); os_ver = pregmatch(pattern: "Red Hat Enterprise Linux.*release ([0-9]+(\.[0-9]+)?)", string:release); if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, "Red Hat"); os_ver = os_ver[1]; if (! preg(pattern:"^(6|7)([^0-9]|$)", string:os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Red Hat 6.x / 7.x", "Red Hat " + os_ver); if (!get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING); cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu"); if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH); if ("x86_64" >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$" && "s390" >!< cpu) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "Red Hat", cpu); yum_updateinfo = get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/yum-updateinfo"); if (!empty_or_null(yum_updateinfo)) { rhsa = "RHSA-2014:1999"; yum_report = redhat_generate_yum_updateinfo_report(rhsa:rhsa); if (!empty_or_null(yum_report)) { security_report_v4( port : 0, severity : SECURITY_HOLE, extra : yum_report ); exit(0); } else { audit_message = "affected by Red Hat security advisory " + rhsa; audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, audit_message); } } else { flag = 0; if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL6", cpu:"i686", reference:"mailx-12.4-8.el6_6")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL6", cpu:"s390x", reference:"mailx-12.4-8.el6_6")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL6", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"mailx-12.4-8.el6_6")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL6", cpu:"i686", reference:"mailx-debuginfo-12.4-8.el6_6")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL6", cpu:"s390x", reference:"mailx-debuginfo-12.4-8.el6_6")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL6", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"mailx-debuginfo-12.4-8.el6_6")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL7", cpu:"s390x", reference:"mailx-12.5-12.el7_0")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL7", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"mailx-12.5-12.el7_0")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL7", cpu:"s390x", reference:"mailx-debuginfo-12.5-12.el7_0")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL7", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"mailx-debuginfo-12.5-12.el7_0")) flag++; if (flag) { security_report_v4( port : 0, severity : SECURITY_HOLE, extra : rpm_report_get() + redhat_report_package_caveat() ); exit(0); } else { tested = pkg_tests_get(); if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested); else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "mailx / mailx-debuginfo"); } }
NASL family Mandriva Local Security Checks NASL id MANDRIVA_MDVSA-2015-011.NASL description Updated nail package fixes security vulnerabilities : A flaw was found in the way mailx handled the parsing of email addresses. A syntactically valid email address could allow a local attacker to cause mailx to execute arbitrary shell commands through shell meta-characters and the direct command execution functionality (CVE-2004-2771, CVE-2014-7844). last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 80430 published 2015-01-09 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2015-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/80430 title Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : nail (MDVSA-2015:011) code #%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502 # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were # extracted from Mandriva Linux Security Advisory MDVSA-2015:011. # The text itself is copyright (C) Mandriva S.A. # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(80430); script_version("1.4"); script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/08/02 13:32:56"); script_cve_id("CVE-2004-2771", "CVE-2014-7844"); script_bugtraq_id(71701, 71704); script_xref(name:"MDVSA", value:"2015:011"); script_name(english:"Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : nail (MDVSA-2015:011)"); script_summary(english:"Checks rpm output for the updated package"); script_set_attribute( attribute:"synopsis", value:"The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing a security update." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"description", value: "Updated nail package fixes security vulnerabilities : A flaw was found in the way mailx handled the parsing of email addresses. A syntactically valid email address could allow a local attacker to cause mailx to execute arbitrary shell commands through shell meta-characters and the direct command execution functionality (CVE-2004-2771, CVE-2014-7844)." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0538.html" ); script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected nail package."); script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P"); script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:ND/RL:OF/RC:C"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:nail"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:mandriva:business_server:1"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2015/01/08"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2015/01/09"); script_end_attributes(); script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO); script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2015-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc."); script_family(english:"Mandriva Local Security Checks"); script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl"); script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/cpu", "Host/Mandrake/release", "Host/Mandrake/rpm-list"); exit(0); } include("audit.inc"); include("global_settings.inc"); include("rpm.inc"); if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED); if (!get_kb_item("Host/Mandrake/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Mandriva / Mandake Linux"); if (!get_kb_item("Host/Mandrake/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING); cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu"); if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH); if (cpu !~ "^(amd64|i[3-6]86|x86_64)$") audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "Mandriva / Mandrake Linux", cpu); flag = 0; if (rpm_check(release:"MDK-MBS1", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"nail-12.4-8.1.mbs1")) flag++; if (flag) { if (report_verbosity > 0) security_hole(port:0, extra:rpm_report_get()); else security_hole(0); exit(0); } else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");
NASL family Amazon Linux Local Security Checks NASL id ALA_ALAS-2015-467.NASL description A flaw was found in the way mailx handled the parsing of email addresses. A syntactically valid email address could allow a local attacker to cause mailx to execute arbitrary shell commands through shell meta-characters and the direct command execution functionality. (CVE-2004-2771 , CVE-2014-7844) Note: Applications using mailx to send email to addresses obtained from untrusted sources will still remain vulnerable to other attacks if they accept email addresses which start with last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 80418 published 2015-01-09 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2015-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/80418 title Amazon Linux AMI : mailx (ALAS-2015-467) NASL family Debian Local Security Checks NASL id DEBIAN_DLA-114.NASL description Two security vulnerabilities were discovered in Heirloom mailx, an implementation of the last seen 2020-03-17 modified 2015-03-26 plugin id 82098 published 2015-03-26 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2015-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/82098 title Debian DLA-114-1 : heirloom-mailx security update NASL family Debian Local Security Checks NASL id DEBIAN_DSA-3104.NASL description It was discovered that bsd-mailx, an implementation of the last seen 2020-03-17 modified 2014-12-17 plugin id 80057 published 2014-12-17 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2014-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/80057 title Debian DSA-3104-1 : bsd-mailx - security update NASL family F5 Networks Local Security Checks NASL id F5_BIGIP_SOL16945.NASL description CVE-2014-7844 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 meta characters in an email address. CVE-2004-2771 A flaw was found in the way mailx handled the parsing of email addresses. A syntactically valid email address could allow a local attacker to cause mailx to execute arbitrary shell commands through shell meta characters (CVE-2004-2771) and the direct command execution functionality (CVE-2014-7844). Impact A local attacker can cause mailx to execute arbitrary shell commands through shell meta-characters. These attacks require a trusted user with shell access to the system in question. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 99238 published 2017-04-07 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2017-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/99238 title F5 Networks BIG-IP : Mailx vulnerabilities (K16945) NASL family Gentoo Local Security Checks NASL id GENTOO_GLSA-201804-06.NASL description The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201804-06 (mailx: Multiple vulnerabilities) Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in mailx. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details. Impact : A remote attacker could execute arbitrary commands. Workaround : There is no known workaround at this time. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 108927 published 2018-04-10 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2018-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/108927 title GLSA-201804-06 : mailx: Multiple vulnerabilities
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References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/61585
- http://secunia.com/advisories/60940
- http://secunia.com/advisories/61693
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3105
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q4/1066
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=278748
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1999.html
- http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-1999.html