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amazonAmazonALAS-2014-395
HistoryAug 21, 2014 - 11:19 a.m.

Low: exim

2014-08-2111:19:00
alas.aws.amazon.com
7

4.6 Medium

CVSS2

Access Vector

LOCAL

Access Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

5.2%

Issue Overview:

expand.c in Exim before 4.83 expands mathematical comparisons twice, which allows local users to gain privileges and execute arbitrary commands via a crafted lookup value.

Affected Packages:

exim

Issue Correction:
Run yum update exim to update your system.

New Packages:

i686:  
    exim-mon-4.72-6.6.amzn1.i686  
    exim-debuginfo-4.72-6.6.amzn1.i686  
    exim-mysql-4.72-6.6.amzn1.i686  
    exim-greylist-4.72-6.6.amzn1.i686  
    exim-pgsql-4.72-6.6.amzn1.i686  
    exim-4.72-6.6.amzn1.i686  
  
src:  
    exim-4.72-6.6.amzn1.src  
  
x86_64:  
    exim-pgsql-4.72-6.6.amzn1.x86_64  
    exim-mon-4.72-6.6.amzn1.x86_64  
    exim-greylist-4.72-6.6.amzn1.x86_64  
    exim-4.72-6.6.amzn1.x86_64  
    exim-debuginfo-4.72-6.6.amzn1.x86_64  
    exim-mysql-4.72-6.6.amzn1.x86_64  

Additional References

Red Hat: CVE-2014-2972

Mitre: CVE-2014-2972

4.6 Medium

CVSS2

Access Vector

LOCAL

Access Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

5.2%