PT-2006-2267 · Exim · Sa-Exim

Chris Morris · Published 2006-03-19 · Updated 2017-07-20 · CVE-2006-1251

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.0

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions sa-exim version 4.2

Description The issue allows remote attackers to delete arbitrary files by sending an email with a To field containing a filename separated by whitespace. This filename is not properly quoted when provided as an argument to the rm command by greylistclean.cron, leading to argument injection.

Recommendations For sa-exim version 4.2, consider modifying the greylistclean.cron script to properly quote filenames before passing them to the rm command as a temporary workaround. Restrict access to the greylistclean.cron script to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

Code Injection

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-94

Related Identifiers

CVE-2006-1251

Affected Products

Sa-Exim

References · 10

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2006-1251 · Vendor Advisory
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0941 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2006-1251 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-1251 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/17110 · Patch
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2006-1251 · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/19225 · Vendor Advisory
• http://marc.merlins.org/linux/exim/files/sa-exim-cvs/Changelog.html · Patch
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25286 · Note
• http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=345071 · Note