CVE-2012-2140

Public Exploit

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.

Category

7.5
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 4.00% Top 15%
Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory secunia.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=816352
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-May/080648.html vendor advisory
https://github.com/mikel/mail/commit/ac56f03bdfc30b379aeecd4ff317d08fdaa328c2 patch exploit
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/04/25/8 mailing list
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-May/080645.html vendor advisory
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=759092
http://secunia.com/advisories/48970 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://github.com/mikel/mail/commit/39b590ddb08f90ddbe445837359a2c8843e533d0 patch exploit
https://github.com/mikel/mail/blob/9beb079c70d236a5ad2e1ba95b2c977e55deb7af/CHANGELOG.rdoc
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-May/080747.html vendor advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/04/26/1 mailing list

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2012-2140?
CVE-2012-2140 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2012-2140?
To fix CVE-2012-2140, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2012-2140 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2012-2140 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~4% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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