CVE-2017-16944
- Source
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-16944
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-16944.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2017-16944
- Related
- Published
- 2017-11-25T17:29:00Z
- Modified
- 2025-01-14T07:08:31.330058Z
- 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 receivemsg 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 bdatgetc function.
- References
-
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039873
- https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4053
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43184/
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/11/25/1
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/11/25/2
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/11/25/3
- https://lists.exim.org/lurker/message/20171125.034842.d1d75cac.en.html
- https://bugs.exim.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2201
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/05/04/7
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-16944
Affected packages
Debian:11 / exim4
Package
- Name
- exim4
- Purl
- pkg:deb/debian/exim4?arch=source
Debian:12 / exim4
Package
- Name
- exim4
- Purl
- pkg:deb/debian/exim4?arch=source
Debian:13 / exim4
Package
- Name
- exim4
- Purl
- pkg:deb/debian/exim4?arch=source
Git / github.com/exim/exim
Affected ranges
- Type
- GIT
- Repo
- https://github.com/exim/exim
- Events
-
Introduced0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affectedLast affectedLast affected
Affected versions
Other
DEVEL_PDKIM_START
exim-4_50
exim-4_51
exim-4_52
exim-4_53
exim-4_54
exim-4_61
exim-4_62
exim-4_63
exim-4_64
exim-4_65
exim-4_66
exim-4_67
exim-4_68
exim-4_69
exim-4_70
exim-4_70_RC3
exim-4_70_RC4
exim-4_71
exim-4_72
exim-4_72_RC1
exim-4_72_RC2
exim-4_73
exim-4_73_RC0
exim-4_73_RC00
exim-4_73_RC1
exim-4_74
exim-4_74_RC1
exim-4_75
exim-4_75_RC1
exim-4_75_RC2
exim-4_75_RC3
exim-4_76
exim-4_76_RC1
exim-4_76_RC2
exim-4_77
exim-4_77_RC1
exim-4_77_RC2
exim-4_77_RC3
exim-4_77_RC4
exim-4_80
exim-4_80_RC1
exim-4_80_RC2
exim-4_80_RC3
exim-4_80_RC4
exim-4_80_RC5
exim-4_80_RC6
exim-4_80_RC7
exim-4_82
exim-4_82_1
exim-4_82_RC1
exim-4_82_RC2
exim-4_82_RC3
exim-4_82_RC4
exim-4_82_RC5
exim-4_83
exim-4_83_RC1
exim-4_83_RC2
exim-4_83_RC3
exim-4_84
exim-4_84_RC1
exim-4_84_RC2
exim-4_85
exim-4_85_RC1
exim-4_85_RC2
exim-4_85_RC3
exim-4_85_RC4
exim-4_86
exim-4_86_RC1
exim-4_86_RC2
exim-4_86_RC3
exim-4_86_RC4
exim-4_86_RC5
exim-4_87
exim-4_87_RC1
exim-4_87_RC2
exim-4_87_RC3
exim-4_87_RC4
exim-4_87_RC5
exim-4_87_RC6
exim-4_87_RC7
exim-4_88
exim-4_88_RC1
exim-4_88_RC2
exim-4_88_RC3
exim-4_88_RC4
exim-4_88_RC5
exim-4_88_RC6
exim-4_89
exim-4_89_RC1
exim-4_89_RC3
exim-4_89_RC4
exim-4_89_RC5
exim-4_89_RC6
exim-4_89_RC7
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