DEBIAN-CVE-2010-2023

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    DEBIAN-CVE-2010-2023

    Published: 7 Jun 2010Last Modified: 4 Sept 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2010-2023

    Summary:

    Details: transports/appendfile.c in Exim before 4.72, when a world-writable sticky-bit mail directory is used, does not verify the st_nlink field of mailbox files, which allows local users to cause a denial of service or possibly gain privileges by creating a hard link to another user's file.

    References: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2010-2023

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: exim4

    Purl: pkg:deb/debian/exim4?arch=source&distro=bookworm

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -4.72-1

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High