CVE-2007-2173 (GCVE-0-2007-2173)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2007-04-24 16:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 13:23
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
Eval injection vulnerability in (1) courier-imapd.indirect and (2) courier-pop3d.indirect in Courier-IMAP before 4.0.6-r2, and 4.1.x before 4.1.2-r1, on Gentoo Linux allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via the XMAILDIR variable, related to the LOGINRUN variable.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
6 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF |
| http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200704-18.xml | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23589 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID |
| http://osvdb.org/35274 | vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/24963 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA |
| http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=168196 | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
Date Public
2007-02-23 00:00
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