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Bug 540258 (CVE-2014-9681) - mail-filter/procmail: unsafe handling of TZ environment variable
Summary: mail-filter/procmail: unsafe handling of TZ environment variable
Status: RESOLVED INVALID
Alias: CVE-2014-9681
Product: Gentoo Security
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Vulnerabilities (show other bugs)
Hardware: All Linux
: Normal minor
Assignee: Gentoo Security
URL: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug....
Whiteboard: B3 [upstream]
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Reported: 2015-02-16 08:04 UTC by Agostino Sarubbo
Modified: 2017-07-21 11:17 UTC (History)
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Description Agostino Sarubbo gentoo-dev 2015-02-16 08:04:30 UTC 
From ${URL} :

It is reported that procmail has a similar flaw to sudo's CVE-2014-9680 in that procmail whitelists 
TZ values incorrectly.

External references:
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/10/15/24
https://sources.debian.net/src/procmail/3.22-20%2Bdeb7u1/config.h/?hl=22#L13
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2015/q1/533


@maintainer(s): after the bump, in case we need to stabilize the package, please let us know if it is ready for the stabilization or not.
Comment 1 Christopher Díaz Riveros (RETIRED) gentoo-dev Security 2017-07-06 17:55:57 UTC 
From $URL:

Adam Mariš said: 

CVE-2014-9681 has been rejected. Reason: This candidate was withdrawn by its CNA. Further investigation showed that it was not a security issue.
Comment 2 Thomas Deutschmann (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2017-07-21 11:17:27 UTC 
Closing as invalid because CVE was withdrawn by its CNA and further investigation showed that it was not a security issue.