Rubygems Mail gem up to 2.3.2 input validation

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A vulnerability was found in Rubygems Mail gem up to 2.3.2 (Programming Language Software). It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a input validation vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-20. The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

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.

The weakness was shared 07/18/2012 (Website). The advisory is available at github.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2012-2140 since 04/04/2012. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 59199 (Fedora 16 : rubygem-actionmailer-3.0.10-2.fc16 / rubygem-mail-2.4.4-1.fc16 (2012-7535)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Fedora Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 165507 (SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for rubygem-mail-2_3 (SUSE-SU-2012:0843-1)).

Upgrading to version 2.3.3 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (75166) and Tenable (59199). The entry VDB-61333 is related to this item.

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Class: Input validation
CWE: CWE-20
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Nessus ID: 59199
Nessus Name: Fedora 16 : rubygem-actionmailer-3.0.10-2.fc16 / rubygem-mail-2.4.4-1.fc16 (2012-7535)
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OpenVAS ID: 71381
OpenVAS Name: FreeBSD Ports: rubygem-mail
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Mail gem 2.3.3
Patch: github.com

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04/26/2012 +22 days 🔍
07/18/2012 +83 days 🔍
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03/23/2015 +972 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: 39b590ddb08f90ddbe445837359a2c8843e533d0
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2012-2140 (🔍)
X-Force: 75166
Vulnerability Center: 35665 - Mail Gem <2.4.3 For Ruby Remote Commands Execution via Crafted Data in sendmail\\exim delivery, High
SecurityFocus: 53257
Secunia: 48970 - Ruby Mail Gem Directory Traversal and Shell Command Injection Vulnerabilities, Moderately Critical

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Created: 03/23/2015 16:50
Updated: 12/06/2021 13:07
Changes: 03/23/2015 16:50 (62), 04/14/2017 14:54 (10), 12/06/2021 13:00 (4), 12/06/2021 13:07 (1)
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