Exim 4.72 and earlier allows local users to gain privileges by leveraging the ability of the exim user account to specify an alternate configuration file with a directive that contains arbitrary commands, as demonstrated by the spool_directory directive.
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DSA-2131-1 | New exim4 packages fix remote code execution |
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DSA-2154-1 | exim4 security update |
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DSA-2154-2 | exim4 regression fix |
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EUVD-2010-4314 | Exim 4.72 and earlier allows local users to gain privileges by leveraging the ability of the exim user account to specify an alternate configuration file with a directive that contains arbitrary commands, as demonstrated by the spool_directory directive. |
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USN-1060-1 | Exim vulnerabilities |
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Solution
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History
Fri, 07 Feb 2025 14:15:00 +0000
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Weaknesses | CWE-77 | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: redhat
Published:
Updated: 2025-07-30T01:47:02.836Z
Reserved: 2010-11-30T00:00:00.000Z
Link: CVE-2010-4345

Updated: 2024-08-07T03:43:14.742Z

Status : Deferred
Published: 2010-12-14T16:00:04.257
Modified: 2025-04-11T00:51:21.963
Link: CVE-2010-4345


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