vulnerability
Alpine Linux: CVE-2017-16944: Infinite Loop
Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
---|---|---|---|---|
5 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) | Nov 25, 2017 | Dec 18, 2017 | Oct 1, 2024 |
Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Nov 25, 2017
Added
Dec 18, 2017
Modified
Oct 1, 2024
Description
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.
Solution
alpine-linux-upgrade-exim

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