vulnerability
FreeBSD: VID-8c1a271d-56cf-11e7-b9fe-c13eb7bcbf4f: exim -- Privilege escalation via multiple memory leaks
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) | Jun 21, 2017 | Jun 22, 2017 | Dec 10, 2025 |
Severity
10
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Jun 21, 2017
Added
Jun 22, 2017
Modified
Dec 10, 2025
Description
Qualsys reports: Exim supports the use of multiple "-p" command line arguments which are malloc()'ed and never free()'ed, used in conjunction with other issues allows attackers to cause arbitrary code execution. This affects exim version 4.89 and earlier. Please note that at this time upstream has released a patch (commit 65e061b76867a9ea7aeeb535341b790b90ae6c21), but it is not known if a new point release is available that addresses this issue at this time.
Solution
freebsd-upgrade-package-exim
References
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