USN-3322-1

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    USN-3322-1

    Published: 19 Jun 2017Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026

    Summary: exim4 vulnerability

    Details: It was discovered that Exim did not properly deallocate memory when processing certain command line arguments. A local attacker could use this in conjunction with a vulnerability in the underlying kernel to possibly execute arbitrary code and gain administrative privileges.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3322-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-1000369

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: exim4

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -4.82-3ubuntu2.3

    Affected versions

    4.80-7ubuntu3

    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