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SUSE Linux Security Vulnerability: CVE-2010-2023

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SUSE Linux Security Vulnerability: CVE-2010-2023

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
06/07/2010
Created
07/25/2018
Added
02/17/2015
Modified
07/04/2017

Description

transports/appendfile.c in Exim before 4.72, when a world-writable sticky-bit mail directory is used, does not verify the st_nlink field of mailbox files, which allows local users to cause a denial of service or possibly gain privileges by creating a hard link to another user's file.

Solution(s)

  • suse-upgrade-exim
  • suse-upgrade-eximon
  • suse-upgrade-eximstats-html

References

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