{"id":"MGASA-2014-0538","summary":"Updated nail package fixes security vulnerabilities","details":"Updated nail package fixes security vulnerabilities:\n\nA flaw was found in the way mailx handled the parsing of email addresses.\nA syntactically valid email address could allow a local attacker to cause\nmailx to execute arbitrary shell commands through shell meta-characters and\nthe direct command execution functionality (CVE-2004-2771, CVE-2014-7844).\n","modified":"2026-04-16T01:48:38.170453338Z","published":"2014-12-19T15:06:35Z","upstream":["CVE-2004-2771","CVE-2014-7844"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0538.html"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14828"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1999.html"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"nail","ecosystem":"Mageia:4","purl":"pkg:rpm/mageia/nail?arch=source&distro=mageia-4"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"12.4-9.1.mga4"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"section":"core"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0538.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","credits":[{"name":"Mageia","contact":["https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Packages_Security_Team"],"type":"COORDINATOR"}]}