CVE-2012-2140

Mail gem < 2.4.3 - Remote Code Execution via Shell Metacharacters in Sendmail/Exim Delivery

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

The Mail gem before 2.4.3 for Ruby allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in a (1) sendmail or (2) exim delivery.

References (11)

Core 11
Core References
Issue Tracking x_refsource_misc
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=816352
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_fedora
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-May/080648.html
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/04/25/8
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_fedora
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-May/080645.html
Issue Tracking x_refsource_misc
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=759092
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/48970
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_fedora
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-May/080747.html
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/04/26/1

Scores

EPSS 0.0367
EPSS Percentile 88.0%

Details

CWE
CWE-20
Status published
Products (4)
rubygems/mail 0 - 2.4.3RubyGems
rubygems/mail_gem 2.3.2
rubygems/mail_gem 2.3.3
rubygems/mail_gem < 2.4.1
Published Jul 18, 2012
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026