vulnerability
Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2017-16844): procmail vulnerability
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) | Nov 16, 2017 | Nov 21, 2017 | Aug 18, 2025 |
Severity
10
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Nov 16, 2017
Added
Nov 21, 2017
Modified
Aug 18, 2025
Description
Jakub Wilk discovered that the formail tool incorrectly handled certain
malformed mail messages. An attacker could use this flaw to cause formail
to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary
code.
Solution
ubuntu-upgrade-procmail
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