CVE-2004-2771

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Summary

CVECVE-2004-2771
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2014-12-24 18:59:00 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionThe 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-20 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Bsd Mailx Project Bsd Mailx All All All All
Application Heirloom Mailx All All All All
Operating System Oracle Linux 6 All All All
Operating System Oracle Linux 7 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 6.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 7.0 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3105-1 heirloom-mailx af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
Security Advisory SA61693 - Oracle Linux update for mailx - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
linux.oracle.com | ELSA-2014-1999 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 linux.oracle.com
Security Advisory SA60940 - Debian update for heirloom-mailx - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com
#278748 - mailx: unquoted recipient's name causes sending to fail - Debian Bug report logs af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.debian.org Exploit
Security Advisory SA61585 - Red Hat update for mailx - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
oss-sec: mailx issues (CVE-2004-2771, CVE-2014-7844) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 seclists.org
Red Hat Customer Portal MITRE access.redhat.com
CVE-2004-2771 - Red Hat Customer Portal MITRE access.redhat.com
1162783 – (CVE-2004-2771, CVE-2014-7844) CVE-2004-2771 CVE-2014-7844 mailx: command execution flaw MITRE bugzilla.redhat.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 710263 Gentoo Linux mailx Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 201804-06)
  • 901050 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for mailx (6676-1)
  • 901251 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for mailx (7286-1)

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