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perl-MailTools: remote command execution
| Package(s): | MailTools | CVE #(s): | CAN-2002-1271 | |||||||||||||||
| Created: | November 5, 2002 | Updated: | September 19, 2003 | |||||||||||||||
| Description: | The SuSE Security Team reviewed critical Perl modules, including the
Mail::Mailer package. This package contains a security hole which allows
remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands in certain circumstances.
This is due to the usage of mailx as default mailer which allows commands
to be embedded in the mail body.
Note that mail processing programs which use this package can be affected by this vulnerability; in particular, SpamAssassin is vulnerable if you use the -r or -w flags. | |||||||||||||||||
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