Security readout for executives and security teams
CVE-2005-2662 is a historical remote command execution flaw in masqmail before 0.2.18. A crafted email address could be mishandled during failed-delivery message creation, allowing attacker-controlled commands to run. Risk is mainly to legacy systems still using old masqmail packages. Exposure is most likely on legacy Linux or appliance environments still running masqmail before 0.2.18, especially where the mail service processes externally supplied email addresses. The provided affected-product metadata is incomplete. Prioritize remediation if masqmail is present and reachable. The issue is old, but remote command execution in mail handling can create high business impact on forgotten infrastructure. Mitigation focus: Upgrade masqmail to 0.2.18 or a vendor-supported fixed package.; Check Debian, Mandriva, or current distribution guidance for package-specific fixes.; Remove or replace unsupported masqmail installations where upgrade is unavailable..
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- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- masqmail-email-gain-privileges(22346)CVE reference · vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF
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