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FreeBSD Ports: exim
Information
Severity
Severity
Medium
Family
Family
FreeBSD Local Security Checks
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
6.9
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Solution Type
Solution Type
Vendor Patch
Created
Created
13 years ago
Modified
Modified
5 years ago
Summary
The remote host is missing an update to the system as announced in the referenced advisory.
Insight
Insight
The following package is affected: exim CVE-2010-4345 Exim 4.72 and earlier allows local users to gain privileges by leveraging the ability of the exim user account to specify an alternate configuration file with a directive that contains arbitrary commands, as demonstrated by the spool_directory directive.
Solution
Solution
Update your system with the appropriate patches or software upgrades.