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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2010-4344: Exim: Multiple vulnerabilities

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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2010-4344: Exim: Multiple vulnerabilities

Severity
9
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
12/14/2010
Created
07/25/2018
Added
10/30/2017
Modified
02/14/2023

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the string_vformat function in string.c in Exim before 4.70 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an SMTP session that includes two MAIL commands in conjunction with a large message containing crafted headers, leading to improper rejection logging.

Solution(s)

  • gentoo-linux-upgrade-mail-mta-exim

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