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FreeBSD : exim -- local privilege escalation (44ccfab0-3564-11e0-8e81-0022190034c0)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 51963

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Synopsis

The remote FreeBSD host is missing one or more security-related updates.

Description

exim.org reports :

CVE-2011-0017 - check return value of setuid/setgid. This is a privilege escalation vulnerability whereby the Exim run-time user can cause root to append content of the attacker's choosing to arbitrary files.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

ftp://ftp.exim.org/pub/exim/ChangeLogs/ChangeLog-4.74

http://www.nessus.org/u?6061f29c

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 51963

File Name: freebsd_pkg_44ccfab0356411e08e810022190034c0.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Published: 2/14/2011

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:exim, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:exim-ldap, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:exim-ldap2, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:exim-mysql, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:exim-postgresql, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:exim-sa-exim, cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/FreeBSD/release, Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info

Patch Publication Date: 2/10/2011

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/31/2011

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-0017