DEBIAN-CVE-2019-18862

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-18862
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2019-18862.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2019-18862
Upstream
Published
2019-11-11T16:15:12.023Z
Modified
2025-11-19T01:12:38.259Z
Severity
  • 7.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

maidag in GNU Mailutils before 3.8 is installed setuid and allows local privilege escalation in the url mode.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / mailutils

Package

Name
mailutils
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/mailutils?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1:3.8-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "unimportant"
}

Database specific

source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2019-18862.json"

Debian:12 / mailutils

Package

Name
mailutils
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/mailutils?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1:3.8-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "unimportant"
}

Database specific

source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2019-18862.json"

Debian:13 / mailutils

Package

Name
mailutils
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/mailutils?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1:3.8-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "unimportant"
}

Database specific

source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2019-18862.json"

Debian:14 / mailutils

Package

Name
mailutils
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/mailutils?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1:3.8-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "unimportant"
}

Database specific

source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2019-18862.json"