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CVE-2017-5899 (GCVE-0-2017-5899)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-03-27 15:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 15:11

Summary

Directory traversal vulnerability in the setuid root helper binary in S-nail (later S-mailx) before 14.8.16 allows local users to write to arbitrary files and consequently gain root privileges via a .. (dot dot) in the randstr argument.

Severity

7.0 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CWE

Assigner

mitre mitre root

References

4 references

URL	Tags
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/07/4	mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
https://www.mail-archive.com/s-nail-users%40lists…	mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/27/7	mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96138	vdb-entryx_refsource_BID

Date Public

2017-01-27 00:00

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CNVD-2017-01605

Vulnerability from cnvd - Published: 2017-02-20

Title

S-nail本地特权提升漏洞

Description

S-nail是一个邮件处理系统，它提供了POSIX mailx命令的功能。默认安装在archlinux上并在mailx需要的时候在ubuntu上启用。 S-nail存在本地特权提升漏洞。本地攻击者可利用漏洞获取root权限。

Severity

中

Patch Name

S-nail本地特权提升漏洞的补丁

Patch Description

S-nail是一个邮件处理系统，它提供了POSIX mailx命令的功能。默认安装在archlinux上并在mailx需要的时候在ubuntu上启用。 S-nail存在本地特权提升漏洞。本地攻击者可利用漏洞获取root权限。目前，供应商发布了安全公告及相关补丁信息，修复了此漏洞。

Formal description

厂商已发布了漏洞修复程序，请及时关注更新： http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2017/q1/212

Reference

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96138

Impacted products

Name
S-nail S-nail 0

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    "product": "S-nail S-nail 0"
  },
  "referenceLink": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96138",
  "serverity": "\u4e2d",
  "submitTime": "2017-02-10",
  "title": "S-nail\u672c\u5730\u7279\u6743\u63d0\u5347\u6f0f\u6d1e"
}

FKIE_CVE-2017-5899

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2017-03-27 15:59 - Updated: 2026-06-17 01:21

Severity

7.0 (High) - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Summary

References

URL	Tags
cve@mitre.org	http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/27/7	Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.org	http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/07/4	Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.org	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96138	Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.org	https://www.mail-archive.com/s-nail-users%40lists.sourceforge.net/msg00551.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/27/7	Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/07/4	Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96138	Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://www.mail-archive.com/s-nail-users%40lists.sourceforge.net/msg00551.html

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	s-nail_project	s-nail	*

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          "product": "n/a",
          "vendor": "n/a",
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              "status": "affected",
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    },
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GHSA-42JR-32CJ-2C5C

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-17 02:52 – Updated: 2025-04-20 03:34

Details

Severity

7.0 (High)


                  
                    CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Show details on source website

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  "affected": [],
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    "CVE-2017-5899"
  ],
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      "CWE-22"
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    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2017-03-27T15:59:00Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
  "details": "Directory traversal vulnerability in the setuid root helper binary in S-nail (later S-mailx) before 14.8.16 allows local users to write to arbitrary files and consequently gain root privileges via a .. (dot dot) in the randstr argument.",
  "id": "GHSA-42jr-32cj-2c5c",
  "modified": "2025-04-20T03:34:50Z",
  "published": "2022-05-17T02:52:23Z",
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    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-5899"
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      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.mail-archive.com/s-nail-users%40lists.sourceforge.net/msg00551.html"
    },
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      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}

GSD-2017-5899

Vulnerability from gsd - Updated: 2023-12-13 01:21

Details

Aliases

CVE-2017-5899

Aliases

CVE-2017-5899

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  "GSD": {
    "alias": "CVE-2017-5899",
    "description": "Directory traversal vulnerability in the setuid root helper binary in S-nail (later S-mailx) before 14.8.16 allows local users to write to arbitrary files and consequently gain root privileges via a .. (dot dot) in the randstr argument.",
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      "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-5899"
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      "remediation": "unknown",
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UBUNTU-CVE-2017-5899 (CVE-2017-5899)

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu – Published: 2017-03-27 15:59 – Updated: 2025-07-18 16:43 – Source website

Details

Severity

7.0 (High)


                    
                      CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

N/A (UNKNOWN)


                    
                      high

References

URL

Type

	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-5899	REPORT
	https://www.mail-archive.com/s-nail-users@lists.s…	REPORT
	https://git.sdaoden.eu/cgit/s-nail.git/commit/?id…	REPORT
	https://git.sdaoden.eu/cgit/s-nail.git/commit/?id…	REPORT
	https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/…	REPORT
	https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-5899	REPORT
	https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4820-1	ADVISORY

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        "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro",
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CNVD-2017-01605

FKIE_CVE-2017-5899

GHSA-42JR-32CJ-2C5C

GSD-2017-5899

UBUNTU-CVE-2017-5899 (CVE-2017-5899)

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