CVE-2010-4344
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2010-12-14 15:00
Modified
2024-08-07 03:43
Severity ?
Summary
Heap-based buffer overflow in the string_vformat function in string.c in Exim before 4.70 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an SMTP session that includes two MAIL commands in conjunction with a large message containing crafted headers, leading to improper rejection logging.
References
secalert@redhat.comftp://ftp.exim.org/pub/exim/ChangeLogs/ChangeLog-4.70Broken Link
secalert@redhat.comhttp://atmail.com/blog/2010/atmail-6204-now-available/Broken Link
secalert@redhat.comhttp://bugs.exim.org/show_bug.cgi?id=787Issue Tracking, Patch
secalert@redhat.comhttp://git.exim.org/exim.git/commit/24c929a27415c7cfc7126c47e4cad39acf3efa6bMailing List, Patch
secalert@redhat.comhttp://lists.exim.org/lurker/message/20101210.164935.385e04d0.en.htmlMailing List, Patch
secalert@redhat.comhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-12/msg00003.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/10/1Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://secunia.com/advisories/40019Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://secunia.com/advisories/42576Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://secunia.com/advisories/42586Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://secunia.com/advisories/42587Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://secunia.com/advisories/42589Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.cpanel.net/2010/12/exim-remote-memory-corruption-vulnerability-notification-cve-2010-4344.htmlBroken Link
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2131Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.exim.org/lurker/message/20101207.215955.bb32d4f2.en.htmlExploit, Mailing List
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/682457Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.metasploit.com/modules/exploit/unix/smtp/exim4_string_formatThird Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/05/04/7Exploit, Mailing List
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.osvdb.org/69685Broken Link, Exploit, Patch
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0970.htmlBroken Link
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/515172/100/0/threadedBroken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45308Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024858Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/12/11/exim_code_execution_peril/Press/Media Coverage
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1032-1Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3171Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3172Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3181Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3186Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3204Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3246Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3317Broken Link
secalert@redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=661756Exploit, Issue Tracking
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108ftp://ftp.exim.org/pub/exim/ChangeLogs/ChangeLog-4.70Broken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://atmail.com/blog/2010/atmail-6204-now-available/Broken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://bugs.exim.org/show_bug.cgi?id=787Issue Tracking, Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://git.exim.org/exim.git/commit/24c929a27415c7cfc7126c47e4cad39acf3efa6bMailing List, Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.exim.org/lurker/message/20101210.164935.385e04d0.en.htmlMailing List, Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-12/msg00003.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/10/1Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/40019Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/42576Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/42586Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/42587Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/42589Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.cpanel.net/2010/12/exim-remote-memory-corruption-vulnerability-notification-cve-2010-4344.htmlBroken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2131Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.exim.org/lurker/message/20101207.215955.bb32d4f2.en.htmlExploit, Mailing List
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/682457Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.metasploit.com/modules/exploit/unix/smtp/exim4_string_formatThird Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/05/04/7Exploit, Mailing List
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.osvdb.org/69685Broken Link, Exploit, Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0970.htmlBroken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/515172/100/0/threadedBroken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45308Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024858Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/12/11/exim_code_execution_peril/Press/Media Coverage
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1032-1Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3171Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3172Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3181Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3186Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3204Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3246Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3317Broken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=661756Exploit, Issue Tracking
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
CISA Known exploited vulnerability
Data from the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog

Date added: 2022-03-25

Due date: 2022-04-15

Required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Used in ransomware: Unknown

Notes: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-4344

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