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CVE-2010-2023

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

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Summary

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.

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References 18

archives.neohapsis.com

securityfocus.com

vupen.com

secunia.com

bugs.exim.org

vcs.exim.org

lists.exim.org

bugzilla.redhat.com

lists.fedoraproject.org

lists.opensuse.org

ubuntu.com

exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com