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Unscored USN-4820-1 1 CVE

s-nail vulnerability

Published Mar 15, 2021 · Updated Jun 25, 2026

Ecosystem: Ubuntu

Summary

It was discovered that S-nail incorrectly handled paths. An attacker could
possible use this issue to write arbitrary files and escalate privileges.

Fixed packages 1

ReleasePackageFixed in
Ubuntu · Pro 16.04 LTS Pro:16.04:LTS s-nail 14.8.6-1ubuntu0.1~esm1

Vulnerabilities 1

  • Unscored —
    CVE-2017-5899 Public exploit

    Directory traversal vulnerability in the setuid root helper binary in S-nail (later S-mailx) before 14.8.16 allows loca…

    s-nail s-nail Debian Ubuntu

References

  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-5899