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CVE-2017-1000369 Details

Description

Exim supports the use of multiple "-p" command line arguments which are malloc()'ed and never free()'ed, used in conjunction with other issues allows attackers to cause arbitrary code execution. This affects exim version 4.89 and earlier. Please note that at this time upstream has released a patch (commit 65e061b76867a9ea7aeeb535341b790b90ae6c21), but it is not known if a new point release is available that addresses this issue at this time.

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CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:4 MEDIUMVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-1000369	CVE	Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/Exim/exim/commit/65e061b76867a9ea7aeeb535341b790b90ae6c21	CVE	MitigationThird Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201709-19	CVE	Third Party Advisory
https://www.qualys.com/2017/06/19/stack-clash/stack-clash.txt	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3888	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99252	CVE	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038779	CVE	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-1000369	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/Exim/exim/commit/65e061b76867a9ea7aeeb535341b790b90ae6c21	[email protected]	MitigationThird Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201709-19	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
https://www.qualys.com/2017/06/19/stack-clash/stack-clash.txt	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3888	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99252	[email protected]	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038779	[email protected]	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

see all 14 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-404	Improper Resource Shutdown or Release	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
exim exim	<= 4.87.1 4.88 - 4.88 rc1 4.88 rc2 4.88 rc3
CPE cpe:2.3:a:exim:exim:::::::: cpe:2.3:a:exim:exim:4.88:-:::::: cpe:2.3:a:exim:exim:4.88:rc1:::::: cpe:2.3:a:exim:exim:4.88:rc2:::::: cpe:2.3:a:exim:exim:4.88:rc3:::::: cpe:2.3:a:exim:exim:4.88:rc4:::::: cpe:2.3:a:exim:exim:4.88:rc5:::::: cpe:2.3:a:exim:exim:4.88:rc6:::::: cpe:2.3:a:exim:exim:4.89:-:::::: cpe:2.3:a:exim:exim:4.89:rc1:::::: cpe:2.3:a:exim:exim:4.89:rc2:::::: cpe:2.3:a:exim:exim:4.89:rc3:::::: cpe:2.3:a:exim:exim:4.89:rc4:::::: cpe:2.3:a:exim:exim:4.89:rc5:::::: cpe:2.3:a:exim:exim:4.89:rc6:::::: cpe:2.3:a:exim:exim:4.89:rc7:::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.
debian debian linux	8.0 9.0
CPE cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

11 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 17, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
May 13, 2026	CVE Status Change	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Dec 12, 2019	Modified Analysis	[email protected]
Oct 3, 2019	CWE Remap	[email protected]
Nov 4, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Sep 26, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Jul 7, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Jul 5, 2017	Initial Analysis	[email protected]
Jun 27, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]