{"id":"USN-3483-1","summary":"procmail vulnerability","details":"Jakub Wilk discovered that the formail tool incorrectly handled certain\nmalformed mail messages. An attacker could use this flaw to cause formail\nto crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary\ncode.\n","modified":"2026-02-10T04:41:14Z","published":"2017-11-20T18:00:31Z","related":["UBUNTU-CVE-2017-16844"],"upstream":["CVE-2017-16844","UBUNTU-CVE-2017-16844"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3483-1"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-16844"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"procmail","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:14.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/procmail@3.22-21ubuntu0.2?arch=source&distro=trusty"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"3.22-21ubuntu0.2"}]}],"versions":["3.22-20","3.22-21","3.22-21ubuntu0.1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"availability":"No subscription required","binaries":[{"binary_name":"procmail","binary_version":"3.22-21ubuntu0.2"}]},"database_specific":{"cves_map":{"cves":[{"id":"CVE-2017-16844","severity":[{"score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","type":"CVSS_V3"},{"score":"high","type":"Ubuntu"}]}],"ecosystem":"Ubuntu:14.04:LTS"},"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-3483-1.json"}},{"package":{"name":"procmail","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:16.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/procmail@3.22-25ubuntu0.16.04.1?arch=source&distro=xenial"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"3.22-25ubuntu0.16.04.1"}]}],"versions":["3.22-25"],"ecosystem_specific":{"availability":"No subscription required","binaries":[{"binary_name":"procmail","binary_version":"3.22-25ubuntu0.16.04.1"}]},"database_specific":{"cves_map":{"cves":[{"id":"CVE-2017-16844","severity":[{"score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","type":"CVSS_V3"},{"score":"high","type":"Ubuntu"}]}],"ecosystem":"Ubuntu:16.04:LTS"},"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-3483-1.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3"}