| Name | CVE-2019-18862 |
| Description | maidag in GNU Mailutils before 3.8 is installed setuid and allows local privilege escalation in the url mode. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| Debian Bugs | 944265 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| mailutils (PTS) | jessie | 1:2.99.98-2 | vulnerable |
| stretch | 1:3.1.1-1 | vulnerable |
| buster | 1:3.5-4 | fixed |
| bullseye | 1:3.10-3 | fixed |
| bookworm | 1:3.15-4 | fixed |
| trixie | 1:3.17-1 | fixed |
| sid | 1:3.17-1.1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| mailutils | source | wheezy | (unfixed) | end-of-life | | |
| mailutils | source | buster | 1:3.5-4 | | | |
| mailutils | source | (unstable) | 1:3.8-1 | unimportant | | 944265 |
Notes
/usr/sbin/maidat not installed suid root on Debian