VIR Vulnerability Intelligence Relay

CVE-2012-2140

high
Published 2012-03-14 · Modified 2024-12-03
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CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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not yet in upstream
VIR risk
7.5

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.

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 Debian Fixed 5 releases
VersionStatusFixed 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

Package impact
EcosystemPackageVulnerableFixed
ruby RubyGemsmail<>= 2.4.4>= 2.4.4
ruby RubyGemsmail<2.4.32.4.3

Application impact
VendorProductVersionsFixed
rubygemsmail_gem{"endIncluding":"2.4.1"}
rubygemsmail_gem2.3.2
rubygemsmail_gem2.3.3

References

CWEs

CWE-20

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.