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USN-1060-1: Exim vulnerabilities

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USN-1060-1: Exim vulnerabilities

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
02/01/2011
Created
07/25/2018
Added
05/06/2013
Modified
05/03/2022

Description

The open_log function in log.c in Exim 4.72 and earlier does not check the return value from (1) setuid or (2) setgid system calls, which allows local users to append log data to arbitrary files via a symlink attack.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-exim4-daemon-custom
  • ubuntu-upgrade-exim4-daemon-heavy
  • ubuntu-upgrade-exim4-daemon-light

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