CVE-2010-2023

Medium

Description

transports/appendfile.c in Exim before 4.72, when a world-writable sticky-bit mail directory is used, does not verify the st_nlink field of mailbox files, which allows local users to cause a denial of service or possibly gain privileges by creating a hard link to another user's file.

SeverityMedium
CVSS4.4
Exploit probability—
ProductExim
PublishedJun 7, 2010
First seenJun 7, 2010

How to fix

Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
exim eximv ≤ 4.71, 4.10, 4.20, 4.21, 4.22, 4.23, 4.24, 4.30, 4.31, 4.32, 4.33, 4.34, 4.40, 4.41, 4.42, 4.43, 4.44, 4.50, 4.51, 4.52, 4.53, 4.54, 4.60, 4.61, 4.62, 4.63, 4.64, 4.65, 4.66, 4.67, 4.68, 4.69, 4.70—

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