A heap-based buffer overflow flaw was found in procmail's formail utility. A remote attacker could send an email with specially crafted headers that, when processed by formail, could cause procmail to crash or, possibly, execute arbitrary code as the user running formail.
Find out more about CVE-2014-3618 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
| Base Score | 6.8 |
|---|---|
| Base Metrics | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| Access Vector | Network |
| Access Complexity | Medium |
| Authentication | None |
| Confidentiality Impact | Partial |
| Integrity Impact | Partial |
| Availability Impact | Partial |
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| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (procmail) | RHSA-2014:1172 | 2014-09-10 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (procmail) | RHSA-2014:1172 | 2014-09-10 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (procmail) | RHSA-2014:1172 | 2014-09-10 |
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