mail 2.2.9

4 security vulnerabilities found in version 2.2.9

CVE-2012-2140 rubygem-mail: arbitrary command execution when using exim or sendmail from commandline

high severity CVE-2012-2140
high severity CVE-2012-2140
Patched versions: >= 2.4.4

The Mail gem before 2.4.3 for Ruby allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in a (1) sendmail or (2) exim delivery.

Mail Gem for Ruby lib/mail/network/delivery_methods/sendmail.rb Email From: Address Arbitrary Shell Command Injection

high severity CVE-2011-0739
high severity CVE-2011-0739
Patched versions: >= 2.2.15

Mail Gem for Ruby contains a flaw related to the failure to properly sanitise input passed from an email from address in the 'deliver()' function in 'lib/mail/network/delivery_methods/sendmail.rb' before being used as a command line argument. This may allow a remote attacker to inject arbitrary shell commands.

CVE-2015-9097 rubygem-mail: SMTP injection via recipient email addresses

medium severity CVE-2015-9097
medium severity CVE-2015-9097
Patched versions: >= 2.5.5

The mail gem before 2.5.5 for Ruby (aka A Really Ruby Mail Library) is vulnerable to SMTP command injection via CRLF sequences in a RCPT TO or MAIL FROM command, as demonstrated by CRLF sequences immediately before and after a DATA substring.

CVE-2012-2139 rubygem-mail: directory traversal

medium severity CVE-2012-2139
medium severity CVE-2012-2139
Patched versions: >= 2.4.4

Directory traversal vulnerability in lib/mail/network/delivery_methods/file_delivery.rb in the Mail gem before 2.4.4 for Ruby allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the to parameter.

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