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USN-1032-1: Exim vulnerability

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USN-1032-1: Exim vulnerability

Severity
9
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
12/14/2010
Created
07/25/2018
Added
05/06/2013
Modified
05/03/2022

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)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-exim4-daemon-custom
  • ubuntu-upgrade-exim4-daemon-heavy
  • ubuntu-upgrade-exim4-daemon-light

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