{"action":"Upgrade s-nail to 14.8.16-1 or later.","affected":[{"fixed":"14.8.16-1","introduced":"0"}],"component":"s-nail","cve_ids":[],"ecosystem":"Debian","ecosystem_qualifier":"Debian:13","exploited":false,"fixed_versions":["14.8.16-1"],"id":"tcs_01M5NCG00KZSSZ8JP8FZ970H38","modified_at":"2026-09-01T20:03:48.975534038Z","published_at":"2017-03-27T15:59:00.497Z","references":["https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-5899","https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-5899"],"severity":{"label":"high","score":7},"sources":[{"source":"osv","source_id":"DEBIAN-CVE-2017-5899#Debian:13/s-nail","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-5899"}],"summary":"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 ."}