vulnerability
Gentoo Linux: CVE-2019-18862: GNU Mailutils: Privilege escalation
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) | Nov 11, 2019 | Jun 15, 2020 | Mar 31, 2026 |
Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Nov 11, 2019
Added
Jun 15, 2020
Modified
Mar 31, 2026
Description
maidag in GNU Mailutils before 3.8 is installed setuid and allows local privilege escalation in the url mode.
Solution
gentoo-linux-upgrade-net-mail-mailutils
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