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CVE-2001-0889

Exim 3.22 and earlier, in some configurations, does not properly verify the local part of an address when redirecting the address to a pipe, which could allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters.

Published

2001-12-19T05:00:00.000

Last Modified

2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 7.5 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

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

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
Availability Impact: PARTIAL

Exploitability Score

10.0

Impact Score

6.4

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
NVD-CWE-Other

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	university_of_cambridge	exim	≤ 3.22	Yes
Operating System	redhat	linux	*	Yes

References

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=100877978506387&w=2 ([email protected])
http://www.debian.org/security/2002/dsa-097 ([email protected])
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/283723 US Government Resource ([email protected])
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2001-176.html Patch, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3728 ([email protected])
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7738 ([email protected])
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=100877978506387&w=2 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.debian.org/security/2002/dsa-097 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/283723 US Government Resource (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2001-176.html Patch, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3728 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7738 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)