CVE-2017-1000369

Summary

CVECVE-2017-1000369
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-06-19 16:29:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-20 01:37:25 UTC
DescriptionExim 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.1 4 MEDIUM from [email protected]

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Problem Types: CWE-404 | n/a


VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.1[email protected]Primary4MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
2.0[email protected]Primary2.1AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Low
Availability
None

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Partial
Availability
None

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Application Exim Exim 4.88 - All All
Application Exim Exim 4.88 rc1 All All
Application Exim Exim 4.88 rc2 All All
Application Exim Exim 4.88 rc3 All All
Application Exim Exim 4.88 rc4 All All
Application Exim Exim 4.88 rc5 All All
Application Exim Exim 4.88 rc6 All All
Application Exim Exim 4.89 - All All
Application Exim Exim 4.89 rc1 All All
Application Exim Exim 4.89 rc2 All All
Application Exim Exim 4.89 rc3 All All
Application Exim Exim 4.89 rc4 All All
Application Exim Exim 4.89 rc5 All All
Application Exim Exim 4.89 rc6 All All
Application Exim Exim 4.89 rc7 All All
Application Exim Exim All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Exim: Local privilege escalation (GLSA 201709-19) — Gentoo security af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org Third Party Advisory
Exim Memory Leak Lets Local Users Gain Elevated Privileges in Certain Cases - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Cleanup (prevent repeated use of -p/-oMr to avoid mem leak) · Exim/exim@65e061b · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Mitigation, Third Party Advisory
CVE-2017-1000369 - Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 access.redhat.com Vendor Advisory
www.qualys.com/2017/06/19/stack-clash/stack-clash.txt af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.qualys.com Third Party Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3888-1 exim4 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
Exim CVE-2017-1000369 Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 500884 Alpine Linux Security Update for exim
  • 504717 Alpine Linux Security Update for exim
  • 710427 Gentoo Linux Exim Local privilege escalation Vulnerability (GLSA 201709-19)
  • 750227 OpenSUSE Security Update for exim (openSUSE-SU-2021:0677-1)
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