ALPINE-CVE-2017-16944

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Source
https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2017-16944
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2017-16944.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/ALPINE-CVE-2017-16944
Upstream
Published
2017-11-25T17:29:00Z
Modified
2026-11-03T06:30:16Z
Severity
  • 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
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.

References

Affected packages

Alpine:v3.10
exim

Package

Name
exim
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/exim?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
4.89.1-r0

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2017-16944.json"
Alpine:v3.11
exim

Package

Name
exim
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/exim?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
4.89.1-r0

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2017-16944.json"
Alpine:v3.12
exim

Package

Name
exim
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/exim?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
4.89.1-r0

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2017-16944.json"
Alpine:v3.13
exim

Package

Name
exim
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/exim?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
4.89.1-r0

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2017-16944.json"
Alpine:v3.14
exim

Package

Name
exim
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/exim?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
4.89.1-r0

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2017-16944.json"
Alpine:v3.15
exim

Package

Name
exim
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/exim?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
4.89.1-r0

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2017-16944.json"
Alpine:v3.16
exim

Package

Name
exim
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/exim?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
4.89.1-r0

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2017-16944.json"
Alpine:v3.17
exim

Package

Name
exim
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/exim?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
4.89.1-r0

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2017-16944.json"
Alpine:v3.18
exim

Package

Name
exim
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/exim?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
4.89.1-r0

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2017-16944.json"
Alpine:v3.19
exim

Package

Name
exim
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/exim?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
4.89.1-r0

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2017-16944.json"
Alpine:v3.20
exim

Package

Name
exim
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/exim?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
4.89.1-r0

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2017-16944.json"
Alpine:v3.21
exim

Package

Name
exim
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/exim?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
4.89.1-r0

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2017-16944.json"
Alpine:v3.22
exim

Package

Name
exim
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/exim?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
4.89.1-r0

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2017-16944.json"
Alpine:v3.23
exim

Package

Name
exim
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/exim?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
4.89.1-r0

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2017-16944.json"
Alpine:v3.24
exim

Package

Name
exim
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/exim?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
4.89.1-r0

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2017-16944.json"
Alpine:v3.7
exim

Package

Name
exim
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/exim?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
4.89.1-r0

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2017-16944.json"
Alpine:v3.8
exim

Package

Name
exim
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/exim?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
4.89.1-r0

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2017-16944.json"
Alpine:v3.9
exim

Package

Name
exim
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/exim?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
4.89.1-r0

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2017-16944.json"