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ubuntu-cve-2017-5899

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

Published

2017-03-27 15:59

Modified

2025-07-18 16:43

Summary

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.

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

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

Summary

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

Assigner

mitre

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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usn-4820-1

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

Published

2021-03-15 21:57

Modified

2026-06-25 10:45

Summary

s-nail vulnerability

Details

It was discovered that S-nail incorrectly handled paths. An attacker could possible use this issue to write arbitrary files and escalate privileges.

References

URL

Type

	https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4820-1	ADVISORY
	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-5899	REPORT

JSON

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                  "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
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                {
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                  "type": "Ubuntu"
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Sightings

Author	Source	Type	Date	Other

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Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
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ubuntu-cve-2017-5899

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

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

usn-4820-1

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

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