CVE-2017-16944
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Nov 25, 2017
- Updated
- Aug 5, 2024
- Reserved
- Nov 25, 2017
Description
The receive_msg function in receive.c in the SMTP daemon in Exim 4.88 and 4.89 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and stack exhaustion) via vectors involving BDAT commands and an improper check for a '.' character signifying the end of the content, related to the bdat_getc function.
Scores
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
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n/an/a |
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References
- https://lists.exim.org/lurker/message/20171125.034842.d1d75cac.en.html
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/11/25/3
- https://bugs.exim.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2201
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/11/25/1
- 1039873vdb-entry
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/11/25/2
- DSA-4053vendor-advisory
- 43184exploit
- [oss-security] 20210504 21Nails: Multiple vulnerabilities in Eximmailing-list
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