CVE-2017-1000369

LOW

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.

References

http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3888

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99252

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038779

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-1000369

https://github.com/Exim/exim/commit/65e061b76867a9ea7aeeb535341b790b90ae6c21

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201709-19

https://www.qualys.com/2017/06/19/stack-clash/stack-clash.txt

Details

Source: MITRE

Published: 2017-06-19

Updated: 2019-10-03

Type: CWE-404

Risk Information

CVSS v2.0

Base Score: 2.1

Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Impact Score: 2.9

Exploitability Score: 3.9

Severity: LOW

CVSS v3.0

Base Score: 4

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Impact Score: 1.4

Exploitability Score: 2.5

Severity: MEDIUM