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FreeBSD : exim -- Privilege escalation via multiple memory leaks (8c1a271d-56cf-11e7-b9fe-c13eb7bcbf4f) (Stack Clash)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 100975

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Synopsis

The remote FreeBSD host is missing a security-related update.

Description

Qualsys reports :

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.

Solution

Update the affected package.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?50326249

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 100975

File Name: freebsd_pkg_8c1a271d56cf11e7b9fec13eb7bcbf4f.nasl

Version: 3.5

Type: local

Published: 6/22/2017

Updated: 12/15/2025

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 1.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.1

Temporal Score: 1.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-1000369

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4

Temporal Score: 3.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:exim

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/21/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/19/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-1000369