| Name | CVE-2017-14102 |
| Description | MIMEDefang 2.80 and earlier creates a PID file after dropping privileges to a non-root account, which might allow local users to kill arbitrary processes by leveraging access to this non-root account for PID file modification before a root script executes a "kill `cat /pathname`" command, as demonstrated by the init-script.in and mimedefang-init.in scripts. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| Debian Bugs | 877363 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| mimedefang (PTS) | bullseye | 2.84-4 | fixed |
| bookworm | 3.3-1 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 3.5-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| mimedefang | source | (unstable) | 2.83-1 | | | 877363 |
Notes
[stretch] - mimedefang <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[jessie] - mimedefang <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[wheezy] - mimedefang <ignored> (Minor issue only exploitable if daemon is compromised in some other way)
http://lists.roaringpenguin.com/pipermail/mimedefang/2017-August/038077.html
http://lists.roaringpenguin.com/pipermail/mimedefang/2017-August/038085.html