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CVE-2011-0017 (GCVE-0-2011-0017)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2011-02-02 00:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 21:36
VLAI
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
References
URL Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/43128 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://osvdb.org/70696 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
ftp://ftp.exim.org/pub/exim/ChangeLogs/ChangeLog-4.74 x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0364 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46065 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://secunia.com/advisories/43243 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://lists.exim.org/lurker/message/20110126.034… mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0224 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2154 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-annou… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0464 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
http://secunia.com/advisories/43101 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0245 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1060-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
Date Public
2011-01-25 00:00
Show details on NVD website

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