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FKIE_CVE-2007-4538

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2007-08-27 21:17 - Updated: 2026-06-16 22:44
Severity
Summary
email_in.pl in Bugzilla 2.23.4 through 3.0.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via the -f (From address) option to the Email::Send::Sendmail function, probably involving shell metacharacters.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://osvdb.org/37203
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/26584Patch, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/26971
cve@mitre.orghttp://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200709-18.xml
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.bugzilla.org/security/2.20.4/
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/477630/100/0/threaded
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25425Exploit, Patch
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018604
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2977
cve@mitre.orghttps://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=386860
cve@mitre.orghttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36243
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://osvdb.org/37203
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/26584Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/26971
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200709-18.xml
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.bugzilla.org/security/2.20.4/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/477630/100/0/threaded
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25425Exploit, Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018604
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2977
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=386860
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36243
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
mozilla bugzilla 2.4
mozilla bugzilla 2.6
mozilla bugzilla 2.8
mozilla bugzilla 2.9
mozilla bugzilla 2.23.4
mozilla bugzilla 3.0.0

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