CVE-2016-1531

Upstream information

CVE-2016-1531 at MITRE

Description

Exim before 4.86.2, when installed setuid root, allows local users to gain privileges via the perl_startup argument.

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SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having moderate severity.

CVSS v2 Scores

	SUSE
Base Score	6.8
Vector	AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
Access Vector	Local
Access Complexity	Low
Authentication	Single
Confidentiality Impact	Complete
Integrity Impact	Complete
Availability Impact	Complete

SUSE Bugzilla entry: 968844 [RESOLVED / FIXED]

SUSE Security Advisories:

• openSUSE-SU-2016:0721-1, published Fri Dec 8 15:48:34 2023
• openSUSE-SU-2017:2289-1, published Fri Dec 8 15:49:00 2023

List of released packages

Product(s)	Fixed package version(s)	References
openSUSE Tumbleweed	exim >= 4.86.2-2.2 eximon >= 4.86.2-2.2 eximstats-html >= 4.86.2-2.2	Patchnames: openSUSE-Tumbleweed-2024-10017

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SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Tue Mar 1 09:06:52 2016
CVE page last modified: Mon Sep 9 13:20:39 2024