Description
transports/appendfile.c in Exim before 4.72, when MBX locking is enabled, allows local users to change permissions of arbitrary files or create arbitrary files, and cause a denial of service or possibly gain privileges, via a symlink attack on a lockfile in /tmp/.
Affected products
Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.
n/a n/a
n/aaffected
References
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2010-06/0079.html ↗
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=600097 ↗
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1402 ↗
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/40454 ↗
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0364 ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43243 ↗
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/59042 ↗
- http://vcs.exim.org/viewvc/exim/exim-src/src/transports/appendfile.c?r1=1.25&r2=1.26 ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/40019 ↗
- http://lists.exim.org/lurker/message/20100524.175925.9a69f755.en.html ↗
- http://vcs.exim.org/viewvc/exim/exim-doc/doc-txt/ChangeLog?view=markup&pathrev=exim-4_72_RC2 ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/40123 ↗
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/511653/100/0/threaded ↗
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-June/042613.html ↗
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-08/msg00001.html ↗
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1060-1 ↗
- http://bugs.exim.org/show_bug.cgi?id=989 ↗
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-June/042587.html ↗