CVE-2010-2024

NameCVE-2010-2024
Descriptiontransports/appendfile.c in Exim before 4.72, when MBX locking is enabled, allows local users to change permissions of arbitrary files or create arbitrary files, and cause a denial of service or possibly gain privileges, via a symlink attack on a lockfile in /tmp/.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
exim4 (PTS)bullseye4.94.2-7+deb11u3fixed
bullseye (security)4.94.2-7+deb11u4fixed
bookworm4.96-15+deb12u6fixed
bookworm (security)4.96-15+deb12u5fixed
sid, trixie4.98-2fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
exim4source(unstable)4.72-1low

Notes

[lenny] - exim4 <no-dsa> (Minor issue)

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