CVEvulnerability
CVE-2011-0017
6.9 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2011-02-02
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 6.9 MEDIUM — AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-20, CWE-59
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.
Affected configurations
• exim exim (<= 4.72)
• exim exim 2.10
• exim exim 2.11
• exim exim 2.12
• exim exim 3.00
• exim exim 3.01
• exim exim 3.02
• exim exim 3.03
• exim exim 3.10
• exim exim 3.11
• exim exim 3.12
• exim exim 3.13
• exim exim 3.14
• exim exim 3.15
• exim exim 3.16
• exim exim 3.20
• exim exim 3.21
• exim exim 3.22
• exim exim 3.30
• exim exim 3.31
• exim exim 3.32
• exim exim 3.33
• exim exim 3.34
• exim exim 3.35
• exim exim 3.36
• exim exim 4.00
• exim exim 4.01
• exim exim 4.02
• exim exim 4.03
• exim exim 4.04
• exim exim 4.05
• exim exim 4.10
• exim exim 4.11
• exim exim 4.12
• exim exim 4.14
• exim exim 4.20
• exim exim 4.21
• exim exim 4.22
• exim exim 4.23
• exim exim 4.24
• exim exim 4.30
• exim exim 4.31
• exim exim 4.32
• exim exim 4.33
• exim exim 4.34
• exim exim 4.40
• exim exim 4.41
• exim exim 4.42
• exim exim 4.43
• exim exim 4.44
• exim exim 4.50
• exim exim 4.51
• exim exim 4.52
• exim exim 4.53
• exim exim 4.54
• exim exim 4.60
• exim exim 4.61
• exim exim 4.62
• exim exim 4.63
• exim exim 4.64
… and 7 more
Related
References
- ftp://ftp.exim.org/pub/exim/ChangeLogs/ChangeLog-4.74 ftp.exim.org
- http://lists.exim.org/lurker/message/20110126.034702.4d69c278.en.html Patch
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-02/msg00004.html lists.opensuse.org
- http://osvdb.org/70696 osvdb.org
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43101 Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43128 Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43243 secunia.com
- http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2154 www.debian.org
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46065 www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1060-1 www.ubuntu.com
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0224 Vendor Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0245 Vendor Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0364 www.vupen.com
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0464 www.vupen.com
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/65028 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
- ftp://ftp.exim.org/pub/exim/ChangeLogs/ChangeLog-4.74 ftp.exim.org
- http://lists.exim.org/lurker/message/20110126.034702.4d69c278.en.html Patch
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-02/msg00004.html lists.opensuse.org
- http://osvdb.org/70696 osvdb.org
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43101 Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43128 Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43243 secunia.com
- http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2154 www.debian.org
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46065 www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1060-1 www.ubuntu.com
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0224 Vendor Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0245 Vendor Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0364 www.vupen.com
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0464 www.vupen.com
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/65028 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com