DEBIAN-CVE-2019-18862

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
2019-11-11T16:15:12Z
Modified
2026-09-10T07:02:05Z
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:12 / mailutils

Package

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

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown 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&distro=trixie

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown 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&distro=forky

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown 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"