CVE-2021-32749
Possible RCE vulnerability in mailing action using mailutils (mail-whois)
02 Description
Possible RCE vulnerability in mailing action using mailutils (mail-whois)
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
- 3.42% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 88.7% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 8.1 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- 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
- 2021-07-16 00:00Z5 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-03 23:33Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2021-05-12
- Assigning CNA
- GitHub_M
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Medium (CVSS 6.1)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 0c562b1d7d942b4b0c6e068c0a443d227e3f8f48205cdc369782e3f1258bedd1
05 Affected products
06 References
- github.comhttps://github.com/fail2ban/fail2ban/security/advisories/GHSA-m985-3f3v-cwmm
- github.comhttps://github.com/fail2ban/fail2ban/commit/2ed414ed09b3bb4c478abc9366a1ff22024a33c9
- github.comhttps://github.com/fail2ban/fail2ban/commit/410a6ce5c80dd981c22752da034f2529b5eee844
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2021-0ab8f6a19ahttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5WHJK2X2MR2WDYZMCW7COZXJDUSDYMY6/
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2021-a18b79d182https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZRYQ77MTX5WSV33VCJLK4KBKR55QZ7ZA/
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-202310-13https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202310-13
07 Fixed in
Arch Linux
- fail2ban Fixed in 0.11.2-2
Source: Arch Linux Security Tracker, the Arch Linux security team. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 12
- fail2ban Fixed in 0.11.2-2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- fail2ban Fixed in 0.11.2-2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- fail2ban Fixed in 0.11.2-2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS
- fail2ban Fixed in 0.8.11-1ubuntu0.1~esm1Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS
- fail2ban Fixed in 0.9.3-1ubuntu0.1~esm1Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS
- fail2ban Fixed in 0.10.2-2ubuntu0.1~esm1Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS
- fail2ban Fixed in 0.11.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.