Improper Resource Shutdown or Release Affecting exim4 package, versions <4.89-3


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.29% (70th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN10-EXIM4-382899
  • published19 Jun 2017
  • disclosed19 Jun 2017

Introduced: 19 Jun 2017

CVE-2017-1000369  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-404  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:10 exim4 to version 4.89-3 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream exim4 package and not the exim4 package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:10 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

CVSS Scores

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