Exim daemon_go() Format String Vulnerability
7
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
12/23/2002
07/25/2018
11/01/2004
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
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