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GSD-2012-2140
Vulnerability from gsd - Updated: 2012-03-14 00:00Details
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.
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