vulnerability
FreeBSD: VID-75DD622C-D5FD-11E7-B9FE-C13EB7BCBF4F (CVE-2017-16944): exim -- remote DoS attack in BDAT processing
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) | Nov 23, 2017 | Dec 1, 2017 | May 3, 2019 |
Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Nov 23, 2017
Added
Dec 1, 2017
Modified
May 3, 2019
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
freebsd-upgrade-package-exim
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