CVE-2012-2140 — Improper Input Validation in Mail

CWE-20 — Improper Input ValidationCWE-78 — OS Command Injection9 documents7 sources
Severity
7.5HIGHNVD
EPSS
3.7%
top 12.09%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
Nextcloud MailRubygems Mail GEM
Timeline
PublishedJul 18
Latest updateOct 24

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.

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:L/C:P/I:P/A:PExploitability: 10.0 | Impact: 6.4

Affected Packages2 packages

▶NVDrubygems/mail_gem2.4.1+2
▶RubyGemsnextcloud/mail< 2.4.3

Patches

Patch: github.com ↗Patch: github.com ↗Patch: github.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

4
OSV
Mail Gem Improper Input Validation vulnerability↗2017-10-24
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GHSA
Mail Gem Improper Input Validation vulnerability↗2017-10-24
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CVEList
CVE-2012-2140: The Mail gem before 2↗2012-07-18
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OSV
CVE-2012-2140: The Mail gem before 2↗2012-07-18
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Red Hat
rubygem-mail: arbitrary command execution when using exim or sendmail from commandline↗2012-03-14
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Debian
CVE-2012-2140: ruby-mail - The Mail gem before 2.4.3 for Ruby allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary ...↗2012
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💬Community

2
Bugzilla
CVE-2012-2139 rubygem-mail: directory traversal↗2013-01-03
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Bugzilla
CVE-2012-2140 rubygem-mail: arbitrary command execution when using exim or sendmail from commandline↗2012-04-25
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