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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2021-27216): Exim vulnerabilities

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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2021-27216): Exim vulnerabilities

Severity
6
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:C)
Published
05/04/2021
Created
05/07/2021
Added
05/05/2021
Modified
03/22/2023

Description

Exim 4 before 4.94.2 has Execution with Unnecessary Privileges. By leveraging a delete_pid_file race condition, a local user can delete arbitrary files as root. This involves the -oP and -oPX options.

Solution(s)

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

References

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