CVE-2011-1407 (GCVE-0-2011-1407)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2011-05-16 18:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 22:28
VLAI?
Summary
The DKIM implementation in Exim 4.7x before 4.76 permits matching for DKIM identities to apply to lookup items, instead of only strings, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or access a filesystem via a crafted identity.
Severity ?
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1135-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
https://lists.exim.org/lurker/message/20110512.10… mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2236 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
https://lists.exim.org/lurker/message/20110509.09… mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47836 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
Date Public ?
2011-05-09 00:00
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