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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2019-18862: GNU Mailutils: Privilege escalation

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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2019-18862: GNU Mailutils: Privilege escalation

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
11/11/2019
Created
06/16/2020
Added
06/15/2020
Modified
06/15/2020

Description

maidag in GNU Mailutils before 3.8 is installed setuid and allows local privilege escalation in the url mode.

Solution(s)

  • gentoo-linux-upgrade-net-mail-mailutils

References

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