Chip Salzenberg Deliver does not properly associate a lockfile with the user who created the file, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (blockage of incoming e-mail) by creating lockfiles for arbitrary mailboxes.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2010-1123 is rated Low Risk (9.5/100): CVSS Low severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.04%). Mandatory action: Low composite risk—no urgent action required; patch on your normal maintenance cycle and revisit priority if CVSS or EPSS increases.
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EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).
| # | Date | Old EPSS score | New EPSS score | Delta (New - Old) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2023-03-07 | 0.89% | 0.04% | -0.85% |
| 2 | 2022-02-04 | — | 0.89% | — |
Full EPSS history (2 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.1 | 2.0 | LOW |
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3.9 | 2.9 | [email protected] |
| vendor | priority | summary | link |
|---|---|---|---|
ubuntu
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medium | CVE-2010-1123 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (deliver), 6 status rows across 6 suites (dapper, hardy, intrepid, jaunty, karmic, upstream): DNE 4, ignored 1, needs-triage 1. | https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2010-1123 |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| chip_salzenberg | deliver | 2.1.14 | cpe:2.3:a:chip_salzenberg:deliver:2.1.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |