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Date:      Wed, 2 Mar 2016 21:17:13 +0000 (UTC)
From:      Vsevolod Stakhov <vsevolod@FreeBSD.org>
To:        ports-committers@freebsd.org, svn-ports-all@freebsd.org, svn-ports-head@freebsd.org
Subject:   svn commit: r409959 - head/security/vuxml
Message-ID:  <201603022117.u22LHD52055060@repo.freebsd.org>

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Author: vsevolod
Date: Wed Mar  2 21:17:13 2016
New Revision: 409959
URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/ports/409959

Log:
  Document the latest exim vulnerability - local privilleges escalation via
  insecure environment when using `perl_startup` option and setuid exim.

Modified:
  head/security/vuxml/vuln.xml

Modified: head/security/vuxml/vuln.xml
==============================================================================
--- head/security/vuxml/vuln.xml	Wed Mar  2 20:26:59 2016	(r409958)
+++ head/security/vuxml/vuln.xml	Wed Mar  2 21:17:13 2016	(r409959)
@@ -58,6 +58,37 @@ Notes:
   * Do not forget port variants (linux-f10-libxml2, libxml2, etc.)
 -->
 <vuxml xmlns="http://www.vuxml.org/apps/vuxml-1">;
+  <vuln vid="7d09b9ee-e0ba-11e5-abc4-6fb07af136d2">
+    <topic>exim -- local privilleges escalation</topic>
+    <affects>
+      <package>
+	<name>exim</name>
+	<range><lt>4.86.2</lt></range>
+	<range><lt>4.85.2</lt></range>
+	<range><lt>4.84.2</lt></range>
+      </package>
+    </affects>
+    <description>
+      <body xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">;
+      	<p>The Exim development team reports:</p>
+	<blockquote cite="https://lists.exim.org/lurker/message/20160302.191005.a72d8433.en.html">;
+	<p>All installations having Exim set-uid root and using 'perl_startup' are
+	vulnerable to a local privilege escalation. Any user who can start an
+	instance of Exim (and this is normally <strong>any</strong> user) can gain root
+	privileges. If you do not use 'perl_startup' you <strong>should</strong> be safe.</p>
+	</blockquote>
+      </body>
+    </description>
+    <references>
+      <cvename>CVE-2016-1531</cvename>
+      <url>https://lists.exim.org/lurker/message/20160302.191005.a72d8433.en.html</url>;
+    </references>
+    <dates>
+      <discovery>2016-02-26</discovery>
+      <entry>2016-03-02</entry>
+    </dates>
+  </vuln>
+
   <vuln vid="db3301be-e01c-11e5-b2bd-002590263bf5">
     <topic>cacti -- multiple vulnerabilities</topic>
     <affects>



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