USN-6411-1 (UBUNTU-CVE-2023-42114)

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu – Published: 2023-10-04 13:41 – Updated: 2026-06-29 10:53 – Source website
VLAI
Summary
exim4 vulnerabilities
Details

It was discovered that Exim incorrectly handled certain challenge requests. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to perform out-of-bounds reads, resulting in information leakage. (CVE-2023-42114)

It was discovered that Exim incorrectly handled validation of user-supplied data. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to perform out-of-bounds writes, resulting in arbitrary code execution. This issue only affected Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, Ubuntu 22.04 LTS and Ubuntu 23.04. (CVE-2023-42115)

It was discovered that Exim incorrectly handled certain challenge requests. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to perform out-of-bounds writes, resulting in arbitrary code execution. (CVE-2023-42116)


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  "details": "It was discovered that Exim incorrectly handled certain challenge requests.\nA remote attacker could possibly use this issue to perform out-of-bounds\nreads, resulting in information leakage. (CVE-2023-42114)\n\nIt was discovered that Exim incorrectly handled validation of user-supplied\ndata. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to perform\nout-of-bounds writes, resulting in arbitrary code execution. This issue\nonly affected Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, Ubuntu 22.04 LTS and Ubuntu 23.04.\n(CVE-2023-42115)\n\nIt was discovered that Exim incorrectly handled certain challenge requests.\nA remote attacker could possibly use this issue to perform out-of-bounds\nwrites, resulting in arbitrary code execution. (CVE-2023-42116)\n",
  "id": "USN-6411-1",
  "modified": "2026-06-29T10:53:04Z",
  "published": "2023-10-04T13:41:19Z",
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}



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