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Ubuntu: USN-2933-1 (CVE-2016-1531): Exim vulnerabilities

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Ubuntu: USN-2933-1 (CVE-2016-1531): Exim vulnerabilities

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
03/15/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
04/07/2016
Modified
04/25/2018

Description

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

Solution(s)

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

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