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CVE-2017-1000369

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-404 Improper Resource Shutdown or Release
Publication date:
19/06/2017
Last modified:
20/04/2025

Description

Exim supports the use of multiple "-p" command line arguments which are malloc()'ed and never free()'ed, used in conjunction with other issues allows attackers to cause arbitrary code execution. This affects exim version 4.89 and earlier. Please note that at this time upstream has released a patch (commit 65e061b76867a9ea7aeeb535341b790b90ae6c21), but it is not known if a new point release is available that addresses this issue at this time.

Impact

Vector 3.x
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 4.00 MEDIUM
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): Low
Availability (A): None

Base Score 3.x
4.00
Severity 3.x
MEDIUM
Vector 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 2.10 LOW
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): Physical
Availability (A): None

Base Score 2.0
2.10
Severity 2.0
LOW

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:exim:exim:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 4.87.1 (including)
cpe:2.3:a:exim:exim:4.88:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:exim:exim:4.88:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:exim:exim:4.88:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:exim:exim:4.88:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:exim:exim:4.88:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:exim:exim:4.88:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:exim:exim:4.88:rc6:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:exim:exim:4.89:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:exim:exim:4.89:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:exim:exim:4.89:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:exim:exim:4.89:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:exim:exim:4.89:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:exim:exim:4.89:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:exim:exim:4.89:rc6:*:*:*:*:*:*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page


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