vulnerability
Debian: CVE-2017-5899: s-nail -- security update
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) | Mar 27, 2017 | Jul 30, 2024 | Aug 15, 2025 |
Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Mar 27, 2017
Added
Jul 30, 2024
Modified
Aug 15, 2025
Description
Directory traversal vulnerability in the setuid root helper binary in S-nail (later S-mailx) before 14.8.16 allows local users to write to arbitrary files and consequently gain root privileges via a .. (dot dot) in the randstr argument.
Solution
debian-upgrade-s-nail
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