Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.1.13.2016.062.01
Category:	Slackware Local Security Checks
Title:	Slackware: Security Advisory (SSA:2016-062-01)
Summary:	The remote host is missing an update for the 'mailx' package(s) announced via the SSA:2016-062-01 advisory.
Description:	Summary: The remote host is missing an update for the 'mailx' package(s) announced via the SSA:2016-062-01 advisory. Vulnerability Insight: New mailx packages are available for Slackware 13.0, 13.1, 13.37, 14.0, 14.1, and -current to fix security issues. Here are the details from the Slackware 14.1 ChangeLog: +--------------------------+ patches/packages/mailx-12.5-i486-2_slack14.1.txz: Rebuilt. Drop SSLv2 support (no longer supported by OpenSSL), and fix security issues that could allow a local attacker to cause mailx to execute arbitrary shell commands through the use of a specially-crafted email address. For more information, see: [links moved to references] (* Security fix *) +--------------------------+ Affected Software/OS: 'mailx' package(s) on Slackware 13.0, Slackware 13.1, Slackware 13.37, Slackware 14.0, Slackware 14.1, Slackware current. Solution: Please install the updated package(s). CVSS Score: 7.5 CVSS Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2004-2771 60940 http://secunia.com/advisories/60940 61585 http://secunia.com/advisories/61585 61693 http://secunia.com/advisories/61693 DSA-3105 http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3105 RHSA-2014:1999 http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1999.html [oss-security] 20141216 mailx issues (CVE-2004-2771, CVE-2014-7844) http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q4/1066 http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-1999.html https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=278748 Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2014-7844 http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3104
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