Medium severity · published Jun 19, 2017
CVE-2017-1000369
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…
4.0
CVSS
0.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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 vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.5% · higher than 44% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
8.0; 9.0 · source: NVD
EX
Exim · Exim
through 4.87.1; 4.88; 4.88; 4.88; 4.88; 4.88; +10 more · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-1000369
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-1000369
Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3888
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99252
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038779
Vendor Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-1000369
Mitigation
https://github.com/Exim/exim/commit/65e061b76867a9ea7aeeb535341b790b90ae6c21
Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201709-19
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