CVE-2012-2139
medium
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
5.0
Description
Directory traversal vulnerability in lib/mail/network/delivery_methods/file_delivery.rb in the Mail gem before 2.4.4 for Ruby allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the to parameter.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
Debian Fixed 5 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 2.4.4-1 |
| sid | Fixed | 2.4.4-1 |
| forky | Fixed | 2.4.4-1 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 2.4.4-1 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 2.4.4-1 |
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-2139
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-May/080645.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-May/080648.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-May/080747.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48970
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/04/25/8
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/04/26/1
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=759092
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=816352
- https://github.com/mikel/mail/commit/29aca25218e4c82991400eb9b0c933626aefc98f
- https://github.com/mikel/mail
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-2139
CWEs
CWE-22
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.