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ID CVE-2005-0022
Summary Buffer overflow in the spa_base64_to_bits function in Exim before 4.43, as originally obtained from Samba code, and as called by the auth_spa_client function, may allow attackers to execute arbitrary code during SPA authentication.
References
Vulnerable Configurations
  • cpe:2.3:a:university_of_cambridge:exim:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:university_of_cambridge:exim:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:university_of_cambridge:exim:4.41:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:university_of_cambridge:exim:4.41:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:university_of_cambridge:exim:4.42:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:university_of_cambridge:exim:4.42:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVSS
Base: 4.6 (as of 11-10-2017 - 01:29)
Impact:
Exploitability:
CWE NVD-CWE-Other
CAPEC
Access
VectorComplexityAuthentication
LOCAL LOW NONE
Impact
ConfidentialityIntegrityAvailability
PARTIAL PARTIAL PARTIAL
cvss-vector via4 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
oval via4
accepted 2013-04-29T04:12:58.382-04:00
class vulnerability
contributors
  • name Aharon Chernin
    organization SCAP.com, LLC
  • name Dragos Prisaca
    organization G2, Inc.
definition_extensions
  • comment The operating system installed on the system is Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
    oval oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11831
  • comment CentOS Linux 4.x
    oval oval:org.mitre.oval:def:16636
  • comment Oracle Linux 4.x
    oval oval:org.mitre.oval:def:15990
description Buffer overflow in the spa_base64_to_bits function in Exim before 4.43, as originally obtained from Samba code, and as called by the auth_spa_client function, may allow attackers to execute arbitrary code during SPA authentication.
family unix
id oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11293
status accepted
submitted 2010-07-09T03:56:16-04:00
title Perl-Compatible Regular Expression (PCRE) library before 7.3 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via regex patterns containing unmatched "\Q\E" sequences with orphan "\E" codes.
version 30
redhat via4
advisories
rhsa
id RHSA-2005:025
rpms
  • exim-0:4.43-1.RHEL4.3
  • exim-debuginfo-0:4.43-1.RHEL4.3
  • exim-doc-0:4.43-1.RHEL4.3
  • exim-mon-0:4.43-1.RHEL4.3
  • exim-sa-0:4.43-1.RHEL4.3
refmap via4
bid 12188
bugtraq 20050212 exim auth_spa_server() PoC exploit
confirm http://ftp6.us.freebsd.org/pub/mail/exim/ChangeLogs/ChangeLog-4.44
gentoo GLSA-200501-23
idefense 20050107 Exim auth_spa_server() Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
mlist [exim] 20050104 2 smallish security issues
Last major update 11-10-2017 - 01:29
Published 02-05-2005 - 04:00
Last modified 11-10-2017 - 01:29
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