Bug 1156495 – VUL-1: CVE-2019-18862: mailutils: setuid binary might allow local privilege escalation in url mode

Bug 1156495 - (CVE-2019-18862) VUL-1: CVE-2019-18862: mailutils: setuid binary might allow local privilege escalation in url mode

(CVE-2019-18862)
Summary:	VUL-1: CVE-2019-18862: mailutils: setuid binary might allow local privilege e...

Status:	RESOLVED INVALID

Classification:	openSUSE
Product:	openSUSE Distribution
Classification:	openSUSE
Component:	Security
Version:	Leap 15.2
Hardware:	Other Other

Priority:	P5 - None Severity: Minor (vote)
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Assigned To:	Dr. Werner Fink
QA Contact:	Security Team bot

URL:	https://smash.suse.de/issue/246871/
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Reported:	2019-11-12 08:00 UTC by Robert Frohl
Modified:	2019-11-12 15:40 UTC (History)
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Description Robert Frohl 2019-11-12 08:00:39 UTC

CVE-2019-18862

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

References:
http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2019-18862
http://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2019/CVE-2019-18862.html
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-18862
https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/mailutils.git/tree/NEWS

Comment 1 Robert Frohl 2019-11-12 08:01:04 UTC

does not affect openSUSE: "disabled suid/sgid program dotlock and maidag"

Comment 2 Swamp Workflow Management 2019-11-12 15:40:07 UTC

This is an autogenerated message for OBS integration:
This bug (1156495) was mentioned in
https://build.opensuse.org/request/show/747751 Factory / mailutils