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diff --git a/metadata/glsa/glsa-201607-12.xml b/metadata/glsa/glsa-201607-12.xml new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..2106141c3110 --- /dev/null +++ b/metadata/glsa/glsa-201607-12.xml @@ -0,0 +1,55 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> +<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> +<glsa id="201607-12"> + <title>Exim: Arbitrary code execution</title> + <synopsis>A local attacker could execute arbitrary code by providing + unsanitized data to a data source or escalate privileges. + </synopsis> + <product type="ebuild">exim</product> + <announced>2016-07-20</announced> + <revised>2016-07-20: 1</revised> + <bug>517934</bug> + <bug>576582</bug> + <access>local</access> + <affected> + <package name="mail-mta/exim" auto="yes" arch="*"> + <unaffected range="ge">4.87</unaffected> + <vulnerable range="lt">4.87</vulnerable> + </package> + </affected> + <background> + <p>Exim is a message transfer agent (MTA) designed to be a a highly + configurable, drop-in replacement for sendmail. + </p> + </background> + <description> + <p>Vulnerabilities have been discovered in Exim’s implementation of + set-uid root and when using ‘perl_startup’. These vulnerabilities + require a user account on the Exim server and a configuration that does + lookups against files to which the user has edit access. + </p> + </description> + <impact type="normal"> + <p>A local attacker could possibly execute arbitrary code with the + privileges of the process, or escalate privileges. + </p> + </impact> + <workaround> + <p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p> + </workaround> + <resolution> + <p>All Exim users should upgrade to the latest version:</p> + + <code> + # emerge --sync + # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=mail-mta/exim-4.87" + </code> + </resolution> + <references> + <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-2972">CVE-2014-2972</uri> + </references> + <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2015-03-28T20:38:10Z"> + keytoaster + </metadata> + <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2016-07-20T11:18:46Z">b-man</metadata> +</glsa> |