CVE-2010-2024

Published: Jun 7, 2010Modified: Apr 29, 2026

4.4

Vector

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

Exploitability: 3.4 / Impact: 6.4

Source: NVD

Description

transports/appendfile.c in Exim before 4.72, when MBX locking is enabled, allows local users to change permissions of arbitrary files or create arbitrary files, and cause a denial of service or possibly gain privileges, via a symlink attack on a lockfile in /tmp/.

Affected (33)

Products: Exim: Exim

1 product

Configuration A

33 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Exim Exim	Up to 4.71
Exim Exim	Version 4.10
Exim Exim	Version 4.20
Exim Exim	Version 4.21
Exim Exim	Version 4.22
Exim Exim	Version 4.23
Exim Exim	Version 4.24
Exim Exim	Version 4.30
Exim Exim	Version 4.31
Exim Exim	Version 4.32
Exim Exim	Version 4.33
Exim Exim	Version 4.34
Exim Exim	Version 4.40
Exim Exim	Version 4.41
Exim Exim	Version 4.42
Exim Exim	Version 4.43
Exim Exim	Version 4.44
Exim Exim	Version 4.50
Exim Exim	Version 4.51
Exim Exim	Version 4.52
Exim Exim	Version 4.53
Exim Exim	Version 4.54
Exim Exim	Version 4.60
Exim Exim	Version 4.61
Exim Exim	Version 4.62
Exim Exim	Version 4.63
Exim Exim	Version 4.64
Exim Exim	Version 4.65
Exim Exim	Version 4.66
Exim Exim	Version 4.67
Exim Exim	Version 4.68
Exim Exim	Version 4.69
Exim Exim	Version 4.70

Related CWEs

Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')

The product contains a code sequence that can run concurrently with other code, and the code sequence requires temporary, exclusive access to a shared resource, but a timing window exists in which the shared resource can be modified by another code sequence that is operating concurrently.

References (36)

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2010-06/0079.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://bugs.exim.org/show_bug.cgi?id=989

Source: cve@mitre.org

Patch

http://lists.exim.org/lurker/message/20100524.175925.9a69f755.en.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-June/042587.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-June/042613.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-08/msg00001.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://secunia.com/advisories/40019

Source: cve@mitre.org

Vendor Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/40123

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://secunia.com/advisories/43243

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://vcs.exim.org/viewvc/exim/exim-doc/doc-txt/ChangeLog?view=markup&pathrev=exim-4_72_RC2

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://vcs.exim.org/viewvc/exim/exim-src/src/transports/appendfile.c?r1=1.25&r2=1.26

Source: cve@mitre.org

Patch

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/511653/100/0/threaded

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/40454

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1060-1

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1402

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0364

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=600097

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/59042

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2010-06/0079.html

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://bugs.exim.org/show_bug.cgi?id=989

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Patch

http://lists.exim.org/lurker/message/20100524.175925.9a69f755.en.html

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-June/042587.html

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-June/042613.html

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-08/msg00001.html

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://secunia.com/advisories/40019

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Vendor Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/40123

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://secunia.com/advisories/43243

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://vcs.exim.org/viewvc/exim/exim-doc/doc-txt/ChangeLog?view=markup&pathrev=exim-4_72_RC2

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://vcs.exim.org/viewvc/exim/exim-src/src/transports/appendfile.c?r1=1.25&r2=1.26

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Patch

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/511653/100/0/threaded

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/40454

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1060-1

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1402

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0364

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=600097

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/59042

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

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