CVE-2010-2023
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Jun 7, 2010
- Updated
- Aug 7, 2024
- Reserved
- May 24, 2010
Description
transports/appendfile.c in Exim before 4.72, when a world-writable sticky-bit mail directory is used, does not verify the st_nlink field of mailbox files, which allows local users to cause a denial of service or possibly gain privileges by creating a hard link to another user's file.
Scores
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
n/an/a |
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References
- 20100603 Multiple vulnerabilities in Eximmailing-list
- 40451vdb-entry
- ADV-2010-1402vdb-entry
- ADV-2011-0364vdb-entry
- 43243third-party-advisory
- http://bugs.exim.org/show_bug.cgi?id=988
- http://vcs.exim.org/viewvc/exim/exim-src/src/transports/appendfile.c?r1=1.24&r2=1.25
- 40019third-party-advisory
- [exim-dev] 20100524 Security issues in exim4 local deliverymailing-list
- http://vcs.exim.org/viewvc/exim/exim-doc/doc-txt/ChangeLog?view=markup&pathrev=exim-4_72_RC2
- 40123third-party-advisory
- 20100603 Multiple vulnerabilities in Eximmailing-list
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=600093
- FEDORA-2010-9524vendor-advisory
- SUSE-SR:2010:014vendor-advisory
- USN-1060-1vendor-advisory
- exim-mail-directory-priv-escalation(59043)vdb-entry
- FEDORA-2010-9506vendor-advisory
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