Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.68948
Category:	FreeBSD Local Security Checks
Title:	exim -- local privilege escalation
Summary:	exim -- local privilege escalation
Description:	The remote host is missing an update to the system as announced in the referenced advisory. The following packages are affected: exim exim-ldap exim-ldap2 exim-mysql exim-postgresql exim-sa-exim CVE-2011-0017 The open_log function in log.c in Exim 4.72 and earlier does not check the return value from (1) setuid or (2) setgid system calls, which allows local users to append log data to arbitrary files via a symlink attack. Solution: Update your system with the appropriate patches or software upgrades. ftp://ftp.exim.org/pub/exim/ChangeLogs/ChangeLog-4.74 http://www.vuxml.org/freebsd/44ccfab0-3564-11e0-8e81-0022190034c0.html
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2011-0017 http://lists.exim.org/lurker/message/20110126.034702.4d69c278.en.html Debian Security Information: DSA-2154 (Google Search) http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2154 SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SR:2011:004 (Google Search) http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-02/msg00004.html http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1060-1 BugTraq ID: 46065 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46065 http://osvdb.org/70696 http://secunia.com/advisories/43101 http://secunia.com/advisories/43128 http://secunia.com/advisories/43243 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0224 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0245 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0364 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0464 XForce ISS Database: exim-openlog-privilege-escalation(65028) http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/65028
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