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authorV3n3RiX <venerix@redcorelinux.org>2018-04-10 17:26:49 +0100
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
+<glsa id="201804-06">
+ <title>mailx: Multiple vulnerabilities</title>
+ <synopsis>Multiple vulnerabilities were discovered in mailx, the worst of
+ which may allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary commands.
+ </synopsis>
+ <product type="ebuild">mailx</product>
+ <announced>2018-04-08</announced>
+ <revised count="1">2018-04-08</revised>
+ <bug>533208</bug>
+ <access>remote</access>
+ <affected>
+ <package name="mail-client/mailx" auto="yes" arch="*">
+ <unaffected range="ge">8.1.2.20160123</unaffected>
+ <vulnerable range="lt">8.1.2.20160123</vulnerable>
+ </package>
+ </affected>
+ <background>
+ <p>A utility program for sending and receiving mail, also known as a Mail
+ User Agent program.
+ </p>
+ </background>
+ <description>
+ <p>Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in mailx. Please review
+ the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
+ </p>
+ </description>
+ <impact type="normal">
+ <p>A remote attacker could execute arbitrary commands.</p>
+ </impact>
+ <workaround>
+ <p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p>
+ </workaround>
+ <resolution>
+ <p>All mailx users should upgrade to the latest version:</p>
+
+ <code>
+ # emerge --sync
+ # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose
+ "&gt;=mail-client/mailx-8.1.2.20160123"
+ </code>
+ </resolution>
+ <references>
+ <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2004-2771">CVE-2004-2771</uri>
+ <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-7844">CVE-2014-7844</uri>
+ </references>
+ <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2018-04-08T17:41:56Z">chrisadr</metadata>
+ <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2018-04-08T23:25:59Z">b-man</metadata>
+</glsa>