CVE-2011-0739
N/A
Published: February 2, 2011 at 12:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:27 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorMail
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 3%
Description
The deliver function in the sendmail delivery agent (lib/mail/network/delivery_methods/sendmail.rb) in Ruby Mail gem 2.2.14 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in an e-mail address.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (7)
x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
Source: [email protected]
http://groups.google.com/group/mail-ruby/browse_thread/thread/e93bbd05706478dd?pli=1Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/43077VDB Entryx_refsource_VUPENVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0233VDB Entryx_refsource_XF
Source: [email protected]
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/65010x_refsource_MISCPatch
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/mikel/mail/raw/master/patches/20110126_sendmail.patchQuick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-20
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