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{
"schema_version": "1.7.0",
"id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2017-5899",
"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.",
"aliases": [],
"upstream": [
"CVE-2017-5899"
],
"related": [
"USN-4820-1"
],
"severity": [
{
"type": "CVSS_V3",
"score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
},
{
"type": "Ubuntu",
"score": "high"
}
],
"published": "2017-03-27T15:59:00Z",
"modified": "2025-07-18T16:43:52Z",
"affected": [
{
"package": {
"ecosystem": "Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS",
"name": "s-nail",
"purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/s-nail@14.8.6-1ubuntu0.1~esm1?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/xenial"
},
"ranges": [
{
"type": "ECOSYSTEM",
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
},
{
"fixed": "14.8.6-1ubuntu0.1~esm1"
}
]
}
],
"versions": [
"14.8.5-1",
"14.8.5-2",
"14.8.5-3",
"14.8.5-4",
"14.8.5-5",
"14.8.6-1"
],
"ecosystem_specific": {
"binaries": [
{
"binary_name": "heirloom-mailx",
"binary_version": "14.8.6-1ubuntu0.1~esm1"
},
{
"binary_name": "s-nail",
"binary_version": "14.8.6-1ubuntu0.1~esm1"
}
],
"availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro"
}
}
],
"references": [
{
"type": "REPORT",
"url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-5899"
},
{
"type": "REPORT",
"url": "https://www.mail-archive.com/s-nail-users@lists.sourceforge.net/msg00551.html"
},
{
"type": "REPORT",
"url": "https://git.sdaoden.eu/cgit/s-nail.git/commit/?id=f797c27efecad45af191c518b7f87fda32ada160"
},
{
"type": "REPORT",
"url": "https://git.sdaoden.eu/cgit/s-nail.git/commit/?id=f2699449b66dd702a98925bd1b11153a6f7294bf"
},
{
"type": "REPORT",
"url": "https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/27/7"
},
{
"type": "REPORT",
"url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-5899"
},
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4820-1"
}
]
}