Exim File Argument Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
5
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
05/31/2002
07/25/2018
11/01/2004
12/04/2013
Description
Certain versions of Exim do not properly check that the size of the 'file' argument is not greater than the destination buffer before copying, thus introducing a buffer overflow vulnerability. This allows a local attacker to gain root privileges.
Solution(s)
- exim-upgrade-3_36
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