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SUSE: CVE-2016-1531: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

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SUSE: CVE-2016-1531: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
03/11/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
03/11/2016
Modified
01/26/2018

Description

Exim before 4.86.2, when installed setuid root, allows local users to gain privileges via the perl_startup argument.

Solution(s)

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

References

  • DSA-3517
  • 1035512
  • USN-2933-1
  • CVE-2016-1531

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