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HistoryJun 19, 2017 - 12:00 a.m.

Exim vulnerability

2017-06-1900:00:00
ubuntu.com
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2.1 Low

CVSS2

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

NONE

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

4 Medium

CVSS3

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

LOW

Availability Impact

NONE

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

5 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.003 Low

EPSS

Percentile

69.1%

Releases

  • Ubuntu 17.04
  • Ubuntu 16.10
  • Ubuntu 16.04 ESM
  • Ubuntu 14.04 ESM

Packages

  • exim4 - Exim is a mail transport agent

Details

It was discovered that Exim did not properly deallocate memory when
processing certain command line arguments. A local attacker could use this
in conjunction with a vulnerability in the underlying kernel to possibly
execute arbitrary code and gain administrative privileges.

2.1 Low

CVSS2

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

NONE

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

4 Medium

CVSS3

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

LOW

Availability Impact

NONE

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

5 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.003 Low

EPSS

Percentile

69.1%