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ghsa-868p-wr6f-7jfr

Vulnerability from github

Published

2022-05-13 01:09

Modified

2024-07-25 15:30

Severity ?

9.8 (Critical) - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

An issue was discovered in the base64d function in the SMTP listener in Exim before 4.90.1. By sending a handcrafted message, a buffer overflow may happen. This can be used to execute code remotely.

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   ],
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   id: "GHSA-868p-wr6f-7jfr",
   modified: "2024-07-25T15:30:34Z",
   published: "2022-05-13T01:09:53Z",
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cve-2018-6789

Vulnerability from cvelistv5

Published

2018-02-08 23:00

Modified

2025-02-07 14:03

Severity ?

9.8 (Critical) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Summary

An issue was discovered in the base64d function in the SMTP listener in Exim before 4.90.1. By sending a handcrafted message, a buffer overflow may happen. This can be used to execute code remotely.

References

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	http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/02/07/2	mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST
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	http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/02/10/2	x_refsource_CONFIRM
	http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040461	vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK
	https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4110	vendor-advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN
	https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44571/	exploit, x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
	https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/02/msg00009.html	mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST
	https://git.exim.org/exim.git/commit/cf3cd306062a08969c41a1cdd32c6855f1abecf1	x_refsource_CONFIRM
	https://devco.re/blog/2018/03/06/exim-off-by-one-RCE-exploiting-CVE-2018-6789-en/	x_refsource_MISC
	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103049	vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID
	https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45671/	exploit, x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
	http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/162959/Exim-base64d-Buffer-Overflow.html	x_refsource_MISC

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	n/a	n/a	Version: n/a

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