CVE-2017-1000369

Upstream information

CVE-2017-1000369 at MITRE

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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SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently not rated by SUSE as it is not affecting the SUSE Enterprise products.

CVSS v2 Scores

CVSS detail	National Vulnerability Database
Base Score	2.1
Vector	AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Access Vector	Local
Access Complexity	Low
Authentication	None
Confidentiality Impact	None
Integrity Impact	Partial
Availability Impact	None

CVSS v3 Scores

CVSS detail	National Vulnerability Database
Base Score	4
Vector	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Attack Vector	Local
Attack Complexity	Low
Privileges Required	None
User Interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact	None
Integrity Impact	Low
Availability Impact	None
CVSSv3 Version	3.1

SUSE Bugzilla entries: 1037551 [RESOLVED / FIXED], 1044692 [RESOLVED / FIXED]

SUSE Security Advisories:

• openSUSE-SU-2017:1625-1, published Fri Dec 8 15:48:37 2023
• openSUSE-SU-2017:2289-1, published Fri Dec 8 15:49:00 2023
• openSUSE-SU-2021:0677-1, published Fri May 7 15:38:31 2021
• openSUSE-SU-2021:0753-1, published Thu May 20 15:39:10 2021
• openSUSE-SU-2021:0754-1, published Thu May 20 15:39:10 2021

List of released packages

Product(s)	Fixed package version(s)	References
SUSE Package Hub 15 SP1	exim >= 4.94.2-bp151.2.4.1 eximon >= 4.94.2-bp151.2.4.1 eximstats-html >= 4.94.2-bp151.2.4.1 libspf2-2 >= 1.2.10-bp151.4.1 libspf2-devel >= 1.2.10-bp151.4.1 libspf2-tools >= 1.2.10-bp151.4.1	Patchnames: openSUSE-2021-753
SUSE Package Hub 15 SP2	exim >= 4.94.2-bp152.6.4.1 eximon >= 4.94.2-bp152.6.4.1 eximstats-html >= 4.94.2-bp152.6.4.1 libspf2-2 >= 1.2.10-bp152.5.1 libspf2-devel >= 1.2.10-bp152.5.1 libspf2-tools >= 1.2.10-bp152.5.1	Patchnames: openSUSE-2021-754
openSUSE Leap 15.2	exim >= 4.94.2-lp152.8.3.1 eximon >= 4.94.2-lp152.8.3.1 eximstats-html >= 4.94.2-lp152.8.3.1	Patchnames: openSUSE-2021-677
openSUSE Tumbleweed	exim >= 4.94.2-4.2 eximon >= 4.94.2-4.2 eximstats-html >= 4.94.2-4.2	Patchnames: openSUSE-Tumbleweed-2024-10746

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Status of this issue by product and package

Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated. Also information for service packs in the LTSS phase is only included for issues meeting the LTSS criteria. If in doubt, feel free to contact us for clarification. The updates are grouped by state of their lifecycle. SUSE product lifecycles are documented on the lifecycle page.

Product(s)	Source package	State
Products past their end of life and not receiving proactive updates anymore.
SUSE Package Hub 15 SP1	exim	Released
SUSE Package Hub 15 SP1	libspf2	Released
SUSE Package Hub 15 SP2	exim	Released
SUSE Package Hub 15 SP2	libspf2	Released

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SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Fri Jun 16 15:20:41 2017
CVE page last modified: Thu Dec 11 15:58:12 2025