CVE-2016-9963 (GCVE-0-2016-9963)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-02-01 15:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 03:07
VLAI
Summary
Exim before 4.87.1 might allow remote attackers to obtain the private DKIM signing key via vectors related to log files and bounce messages.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3747 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
http://www.exim.org/static/doc/CVE-2016-9963.txt x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3164-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
https://bugs.exim.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1996 x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037484 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94947 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
Date Public
2016-12-15 00:00
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