CVE-2017-16944
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2017-11-25 17:00
Modified
2024-08-05 20:43
Severity ?
Summary
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.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/11/25/1Mailing List
cve@mitre.orghttp://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/11/25/2Mailing List
cve@mitre.orghttp://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/11/25/3Mailing List
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/05/04/7
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039873Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.orghttps://bugs.exim.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2201Exploit, Issue Tracking
cve@mitre.orghttps://lists.exim.org/lurker/message/20171125.034842.d1d75cac.en.htmlMailing List
cve@mitre.orghttps://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4053Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43184/Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
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