ghsa-vpr2-5gxq-hjc6
Vulnerability from github
Published
2022-05-13 01:10
Modified
2025-04-20 03:49
Severity ?
7.5 (High) - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Details

The receive_msg function in receive.c in the SMTP daemon in Exim 4.88 and 4.89 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and stack exhaustion) via vectors involving BDAT commands and an improper check for a '.' character signifying the end of the content, related to the bdat_getc function.

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  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2017-16944"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-835"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2017-11-25T17:29:00Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
  "details": "The receive_msg function in receive.c in the SMTP daemon in Exim 4.88 and 4.89 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and stack exhaustion) via vectors involving BDAT commands and an improper check for a \u0027.\u0027 character signifying the end of the content, related to the bdat_getc function.",
  "id": "GHSA-vpr2-5gxq-hjc6",
  "modified": "2025-04-20T03:49:05Z",
  "published": "2022-05-13T01:10:22Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-16944"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://bugs.exim.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2201"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.exim.org/lurker/message/20171125.034842.d1d75cac.en.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4053"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43184"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/11/25/1"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/11/25/2"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/11/25/3"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/05/04/7"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039873"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}


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