BSD mailx CVE-2014-7844 Local Arbitrary Command Execution Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	71701
Class:	Unknown
CVE:	CVE-2014-7844
Remote:	No
Local:	Yes
Published:	Dec 16 2014 12:00AM
Updated:	Jul 05 2016 09:38PM
Credit:	Seungbeom Kim
Vulnerable:	Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 12.04 LTS i386 Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 12.04 LTS amd64 Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 10.04 sparc Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 10.04 powerpc Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 10.04 i386 Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 10.04 ARM Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 10.04 amd64 Slackware Linux x86_64 -current Slackware Linux 13.37 x86_64 Slackware Linux 13.37 Slackware Linux 13.1 x86_64 Slackware Linux 13.1 Slackware Linux 13.0 x86_64 Slackware Linux 13.0 Slackware Linux -current Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node 6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6 Debian Linux 6.0 sparc Debian Linux 6.0 s/390 Debian Linux 6.0 powerpc Debian Linux 6.0 mips Debian Linux 6.0 ia-64 Debian Linux 6.0 ia-32 Debian Linux 6.0 arm Debian Linux 6.0 amd64 CentOS CentOS 6 Avaya Aura Experience Portal 6.0 + Avaya Communication Manager Server DEFINITY Server SI/CS + Avaya Communication Manager Server S8100 + Avaya Communication Manager Server S8300 + Avaya Communication Manager Server S8500 + Avaya Communication Manager Server S8700
Not Vulnerable:

BSD mailx CVE-2014-7844 Local Arbitrary Command Execution Vulnerability

BSD mailx is prone to a local arbitrary command-execution vulnerability.

Local attackers can exploit this issue to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system.

BSD mailx CVE-2014-7844 Local Arbitrary Command Execution Vulnerability

Currently, we are not aware of any exploits. If you feel we are in error or if you are aware of any more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected].

BSD mailx CVE-2014-7844 Local Arbitrary Command Execution Vulnerability

Solution:
Updates are available. Please see the references or vendor advisory for more information.


Slackware Linux x86_64 -current

• Slackware mailx-12.5-x86_64-2.txz
  ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/ n/mailx-12.5-x86_64-2.txz

Slackware Linux -current

• Slackware mailx-12.5-i586-2.txz
  ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/n/ma ilx-12.5-i586-2.txz

Slackware Linux 14.1 x86_64

• Slackware mailx-12.5-x86_64-2_slack14.1.txz
  ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-14.1/patches/package s/mailx-12.5-x86_64-2_slack14.1.txz

Slackware Linux 14.0 x86_64

• Slackware mailx-12.5-x86_64-2_slack14.0.txz
  ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-14.0/patches/package s/mailx-12.5-x86_64-2_slack14.0.txz

Slackware Linux 13.1 x86_64

• Slackware mailx-12.5-x86_64-1_slack13.1.txz
  ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-13.1/patches/package s/mailx-12.5-x86_64-1_slack13.1.txz

Slackware Linux 13.1

• Slackware mailx-12.5-i486-1_slack13.1.txz
  ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-13.1/patches/packages/ mailx-12.5-i486-1_slack13.1.txz

Slackware Linux 13.0 x86_64

• Slackware mailx-12.5-x86_64-1_slack13.0.txz
  ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-13.0/patches/package s/mailx-12.5-x86_64-1_slack13.0.txz

Slackware Slackware Linux 14.1

• Slackware mailx-12.5-i486-2_slack14.1.txz
  ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.1/patches/packages/ mailx-12.5-i486-2_slack14.1.txz

Slackware Linux 13.37 x86_64

• Slackware mailx-12.5-x86_64-1_slack13.37.txz
  ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-13.37/patches/packag es/mailx-12.5-x86_64-1_slack13.37.txz

Slackware Linux 13.0

• Slackware mailx-12.5-i486-1_slack13.0.txz
  ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-13.0/patches/packages/ mailx-12.5-i486-1_slack13.0.txz

Mandriva Business Server 1 X86 64

• Mandriva nail-12.4-8.1.mbs1.x86_64.rpm
  http://www.mandriva.com/en/downloads/

Slackware Linux 13.37

• Slackware mailx-12.5-i486-1_slack13.37.txz
  ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-13.37/patches/packages /mailx-12.5-i486-1_slack13.37.txz

Slackware Linux 14.0

• Slackware mailx-12.5-i486-2_slack14.0.txz
  ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.0/patches/packages/ mailx-12.5-i486-2_slack14.0.txz

BSD mailx CVE-2014-7844 Local Arbitrary Command Execution Vulnerability

References:

• BSD Home Page (BSD)
  
• Bug 1162783 - (CVE-2004-2771, CVE-2014-7844) CVE-2004-2771 CVE-2014-7844 mailx: (Red Hat Bugzilla)
  
• mailx: unquoted recipient's name causes sending to fail (Debian)
  
• APPLE-SA-2015-08-13-2 OS X Yosemite v10.10.5 and Security Update 2015-006 (Apple)
  
• ASA-2015-015 (Avaya)
  
• Security Advisory, AlienVault v4.15.1 addresses twenty (20) vulnerabilities (AlienVault)