mailx: Multiple vulnerabilities

mailx: Multiple vulnerabilities Multiple vulnerabilities were discovered in mailx, the worst of which may allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary commands. mailx 2018-04-08 2018-04-08 533208 remote 8.1.2.20160123 8.1.2.20160123

A utility program for sending and receiving mail, also known as a Mail User Agent program.

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in mailx. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

A remote attacker could execute arbitrary commands.

There is no known workaround at this time.

All mailx users should upgrade to the latest version:


      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose
      ">=mail-client/mailx-8.1.2.20160123"

CVE-2004-2771 CVE-2014-7844 chrisadr b-man