CVE-2017-5899

Name	CVE-2017-5899
Description	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.
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
Debian Bugs	852934

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
s-nail (PTS)	bullseye	14.9.22-1	fixed
	bookworm	14.9.24-2	fixed
	forky, sid, trixie	14.9.25-1	fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Urgency	Origin	Debian Bugs
s-nail	source	(unstable)	14.8.16-1			852934

Notes

https://www.mail-archive.com/s-nail-users@lists.sourceforge.net/msg00551.html
https://git.sdaoden.eu/cgit/s-nail.git/commit/?id=f797c27efecad45af191c518b7f87fda32ada160
https://git.sdaoden.eu/cgit/s-nail.git/commit/?id=f2699449b66dd702a98925bd1b11153a6f7294bf
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/27/7