Alpine: multiple exim packages: security update to 4.86-r5 (deprecated)

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 401054

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

- Exim before 4.86.2, when installed setuid root, allows local users to gain privileges via the perl_startup
argument. (CVE-2016-1531)

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 401054

Version: Revision 1.26

Type: Local

Family: Alpine Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 8/16/2023

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.15

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.9

Temporal Score: 5.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-1531

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:F/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/14/2016

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/3/2016

Exploitable With

Core Impact

Metasploit (Exim "perl_startup" Privilege Escalation)

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-1531

BID: 84132

Detections

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