CVE-2017-1000369 — Improper Resource Shutdown or Release in Exim

CWE-404 — Improper Resource Shutdown or Release11 documents8 sources
Severity
4.0MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.3%
top 45.75%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
Debian Exim4EximDebian Linux
Timeline
PublishedJun 19
Latest updateMay 13

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.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:NExploitability: 2.5 | Impact: 1.4

Affected Packages2 packages

▶debiandebian/exim4< exim4 4.89-3 (bookworm)
▶NVDexim/exim4.87.1+2

Also affects: Debian Linux 8.0, 9.0

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-wrh8-mmqh-q688: 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↗2022-05-13
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CVEList
CVE-2017-1000369: 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↗2017-06-19
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OSV
CVE-2017-1000369: 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↗2017-06-19
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📋Vendor Advisories

3
Ubuntu
Exim vulnerability↗2017-06-19
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Red Hat
Exim: Privilege escalation via multiple memory leaks↗2017-06-19
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Debian
CVE-2017-1000369: exim4 - Exim supports the use of multiple "-p" command line arguments which are malloc()...↗2017
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💬Community

4
Bugzilla
CVE-2017-1000369 Exim: Privilege escalation via multiple memory leaks [fedora-all]↗2017-06-21
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Bugzilla
CVE-2017-1000369 Exim: Privilege escalation via multiple memory leaks [epel-7]↗2017-06-21
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Bugzilla
CVE-2017-1000369 Exim: Privilege escalation via multiple memory leaks [epel-6]↗2017-06-21
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Bugzilla
CVE-2017-1000369 Exim: Privilege escalation via multiple memory leaks↗2017-06-01
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