ALPINE-CVE-2021-27216

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Source
https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2021-27216
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2021-27216.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/ALPINE-CVE-2021-27216
Upstream
Published
2021-05-06T13:15:12Z
Modified
2026-11-03T06:32:38Z
Severity
  • 6.3 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

Exim 4 before 4.94.2 has Execution with Unnecessary Privileges. By leveraging a delete_pid_file race condition, a local user can delete arbitrary files as root. This involves the -oP and -oPX options.

References

Affected packages

Alpine:v3.13
exim

Package

Name
exim
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/exim?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
4.94.2-r0

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2021-27216.json"
Alpine:v3.14
exim

Package

Name
exim
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/exim?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
4.94.2-r0

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2021-27216.json"
Alpine:v3.15
exim

Package

Name
exim
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/exim?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
4.94.2-r0

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2021-27216.json"
Alpine:v3.16
exim

Package

Name
exim
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/exim?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
4.94.2-r0

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2021-27216.json"
Alpine:v3.17
exim

Package

Name
exim
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/exim?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
4.94.2-r0

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2021-27216.json"
Alpine:v3.18
exim

Package

Name
exim
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/exim?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
4.94.2-r0

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2021-27216.json"
Alpine:v3.19
exim

Package

Name
exim
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/exim?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
4.94.2-r0

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2021-27216.json"
Alpine:v3.20
exim

Package

Name
exim
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/exim?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
4.94.2-r0

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2021-27216.json"
Alpine:v3.21
exim

Package

Name
exim
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/exim?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
4.94.2-r0

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2021-27216.json"
Alpine:v3.22
exim

Package

Name
exim
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/exim?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
4.94.2-r0

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2021-27216.json"
Alpine:v3.23
exim

Package

Name
exim
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/exim?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
4.94.2-r0

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2021-27216.json"
Alpine:v3.24
exim

Package

Name
exim
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/exim?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
4.94.2-r0

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2021-27216.json"