DEBIAN-CVE-2017-5899

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-5899
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-5899.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-5899
Upstream
Published
2017-03-27T15:59:00.497Z
Modified
2026-04-28T20:17:26.877076Z
Severity
  • 7.0 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

Directory traversal vulnerability in the setuid root helper binary in S-nail (later S-mailx) before 14.8.16 allows local users to write to arbitrary files and consequently gain root privileges via a .. (dot dot) in the randstr argument.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / s-nail

Package

Name
s-nail
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/s-nail?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
14.8.16-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-5899.json"

Debian:12 / s-nail

Package

Name
s-nail
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/s-nail?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
14.8.16-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-5899.json"

Debian:13 / s-nail

Package

Name
s-nail
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/s-nail?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
14.8.16-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-5899.json"

Debian:14 / s-nail

Package

Name
s-nail
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/s-nail?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
14.8.16-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-5899.json"