CVE-2013-4223
The Gentoo Nullmailer package before 1.11-r2 uses world-readable permissions for /etc/nullmailer/remotes, which allows local users to obtain SMTP authentication credentials by reading the file.
02 Description
The Gentoo Nullmailer package before 1.11-r2 uses world-readable permissions for /etc/nullmailer/remotes, which allows local users to obtain SMTP authentication credentials by reading the file.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 1.33% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 70.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2014-05-23 14:00Z12 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 16:38Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2013-06-12
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 0bcd8dac30e725f4f86ca1e35eb7c9e8ea0cfe4ffa173a0ef4338b7352036478
05 Affected products
06 References
- seclists.org[oss-security] 20130809 Re: CVE request: nullmailer world readable /etc/nullmailer/remoteshttp://seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q3/337
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comnullmailer-cve20134223-insecure-permissions(86384)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/86384
- seclists.org[oss-security] 20130809 Re: CVE request: nullmailer world readable /etc/nullmailer/remoteshttp://seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q3/339
- www.securityfocus.com61743http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/61743
- osvdb.org96177http://osvdb.org/96177
- bugs.gentoo.orghttps://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=480376
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- nullmailer Fixed in 1:1.11-2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- nullmailer Fixed in 1:1.11-2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- nullmailer Fixed in 1:1.11-2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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