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Exim daemon_go() Format String Vulnerability

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Exim daemon_go() Format String Vulnerability

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
12/23/2002
Created
07/25/2018
Added
11/01/2004
Modified
12/04/2013

Description

In certain versions of Exim, there exists a locally-exploitable format string vulnerability in the daemon_go() function which yields root privileges. Note, however, that the impact of this vulnerability is greatly reduced by the fact that the daemon_go() function can only be called by the 'exim-admin-user', which is set at compile time.

Solution(s)

  • exim-upgrade-4_12

References

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