Exim SPA Authentication IPv6 host_aton Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
7
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
01/06/2005
07/25/2018
01/06/2005
07/16/2012
Description
A Buffer overflow in the host_aton() function in Exim before 4.43, when presented with an invalid IPv6 address to decode, may allow attackers to execute arbitrary code by overflowing a buffer.
Solution(s)
- exim-workaround-patch-ipv6-host-aton-buf
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