CVE-2011-0017 (GCVE-0-2011-0017)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2011-02-02 00:00
Modified
2024-08-06 21:36
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
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.
References
http://secunia.com/advisories/43128 third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SECUNIA
http://osvdb.org/70696 vdb-entry, x_refsource_OSVDB
ftp://ftp.exim.org/pub/exim/ChangeLogs/ChangeLog-4.74 x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0364 vdb-entry, x_refsource_VUPEN
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46065 vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID
http://secunia.com/advisories/43243 third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SECUNIA
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/65028 vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF
http://lists.exim.org/lurker/message/20110126.034702.4d69c278.en.html mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0224 vdb-entry, x_refsource_VUPEN
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2154 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-02/msg00004.html vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0464 vdb-entry, x_refsource_VUPEN
http://secunia.com/advisories/43101 third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0245 vdb-entry, x_refsource_VUPEN
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1060-1 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_UBUNTU
Impacted products
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