| Name | CVE-2016-1531 |
| Description | Exim before 4.86.2, when installed setuid root, allows local users to gain privileges via the perl_startup argument. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DSA-3517-1 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| exim4 (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 4.84.2-2+deb8u13 | fixed |
| stretch (security) | 4.89-2+deb9u8 | fixed |
| stretch (lts), stretch | 4.89-2+deb9u14 | fixed |
| buster, buster (lts) | 4.92-8+deb10u11 | fixed |
| buster (security) | 4.92-8+deb10u9 | fixed |
| bullseye | 4.94.2-7+deb11u3 | fixed |
| bullseye (security) | 4.94.2-7+deb11u4 | fixed |
| bookworm | 4.96-15+deb12u6 | fixed |
| bookworm (security) | 4.96-15+deb12u5 | fixed |
| trixie | 4.98-2 | fixed |
| sid | 4.98-3 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
Notes
https://lists.exim.org/lurker/message/20160302.191005.a72d8433.en.html