CVE-2017-16943

Upstream information

CVE-2017-16943 at MITRE

Description

The receive_msg function in receive.c in the SMTP daemon in Exim 4.88 and 4.89 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (use-after-free) via vectors involving BDAT commands.

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SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having critical severity.

CVSS v2 Scores

	National Vulnerability Database
Base Score	7.5
Vector	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector	Network
Access Complexity	Low
Authentication	None
Confidentiality Impact	Partial
Integrity Impact	Partial
Availability Impact	Partial

CVSS v3 Scores

	National Vulnerability Database
Base Score	9.8
Vector	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector	Network
Attack Complexity	Low
Privileges Required	None
User Interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact	High
Integrity Impact	High
Availability Impact	High
CVSSv3 Version	3

SUSE Bugzilla entry: 1069857 [RESOLVED / FIXED]

SUSE Security Advisories:

• openSUSE-SU-2017:3220-1, published Fri Dec 8 15:48:38 2023
• openSUSE-SU-2021:0677-1, published Fri May 7 15:38:31 2021
• openSUSE-SU-2021:0753-1, published Thu May 20 15:39:10 2021
• openSUSE-SU-2021:0754-1, published Thu May 20 15:39:10 2021

List of released packages

Product(s)	Fixed package version(s)	References
SUSE Package Hub 15 SP1	exim >= 4.94.2-bp151.2.4.1 eximon >= 4.94.2-bp151.2.4.1 eximstats-html >= 4.94.2-bp151.2.4.1 libspf2-2 >= 1.2.10-bp151.4.1 libspf2-devel >= 1.2.10-bp151.4.1 libspf2-tools >= 1.2.10-bp151.4.1	Patchnames: openSUSE-2021-753
SUSE Package Hub 15 SP2	exim >= 4.94.2-bp152.6.4.1 eximon >= 4.94.2-bp152.6.4.1 eximstats-html >= 4.94.2-bp152.6.4.1 libspf2-2 >= 1.2.10-bp152.5.1 libspf2-devel >= 1.2.10-bp152.5.1 libspf2-tools >= 1.2.10-bp152.5.1	Patchnames: openSUSE-2021-754
openSUSE Leap 15.2	exim >= 4.94.2-lp152.8.3.1 eximon >= 4.94.2-lp152.8.3.1 eximstats-html >= 4.94.2-lp152.8.3.1	Patchnames: openSUSE-2021-677
openSUSE Tumbleweed	exim >= 4.94.2-4.2 eximon >= 4.94.2-4.2 eximstats-html >= 4.94.2-4.2	Patchnames: openSUSE-Tumbleweed-2024-10746

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SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Sat Nov 25 21:18:49 2017
CVE page last modified: Sat Jun 15 23:48:19 2024