CVE-2012-2140

N/A Unknown
Published: July 18, 2012 Modified: April 29, 2026
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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.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-May/080645.html
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-May/080648.html
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-May/080747.html
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/48970
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Vendor Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/04/25/8
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/04/26/1
Source: secalert@redhat.com
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=759092
Source: secalert@redhat.com
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=816352
Source: secalert@redhat.com
https://github.com/mikel/mail/blob/9beb079c70d236a5ad2e1ba95b2c977e55deb7af/CHANGELOG.rdoc
Source: secalert@redhat.com
https://github.com/mikel/mail/commit/39b590ddb08f90ddbe445837359a2c8843e533d0
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Exploit Patch
https://github.com/mikel/mail/commit/ac56f03bdfc30b379aeecd4ff317d08fdaa328c2
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Exploit Patch
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-May/080645.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-May/080648.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-May/080747.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/48970
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/04/25/8
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/04/26/1
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=759092
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=816352
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://github.com/mikel/mail/blob/9beb079c70d236a5ad2e1ba95b2c977e55deb7af/CHANGELOG.rdoc
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://github.com/mikel/mail/commit/39b590ddb08f90ddbe445837359a2c8843e533d0
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Exploit Patch
https://github.com/mikel/mail/commit/ac56f03bdfc30b379aeecd4ff317d08fdaa328c2
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Exploit Patch

22 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
4.5%
90th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-20

Affected Vendors

rubygems

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