Upstream information

CVE-2023-42117 at MITRE

Description

Exim Improper Neutralization of Special Elements Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of Exim. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability.

The specific flaw exists within the smtp service, which listens on TCP port 25 by default. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of user-supplied data, which can result in a memory corruption condition. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the current process. Was ZDI-CAN-17554.

Upstream Security Advisories:

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having important severity.

SUSE Bugzilla entry: 1215787 [RESOLVED / FIXED]

SUSE Security Advisories:

List of released packages

Product(s) Fixed package version(s) References
SUSE Package Hub 15 SP4
  • exim >= 4.94.2-bp154.2.9.1
  • eximon >= 4.94.2-bp154.2.9.1
  • eximstats-html >= 4.94.2-bp154.2.9.1
 Patchnames:
openSUSE-2023-304
SUSE Package Hub 15 SP5
  • exim >= 4.97.1-bp155.5.9.1
  • eximon >= 4.97.1-bp155.5.9.1
  • eximstats-html >= 4.97.1-bp155.5.9.1
 Patchnames:
openSUSE-2023-303
openSUSE-2024-7
openSUSE Leap 15.4
  • exim >= 4.94.2-bp154.2.9.1
  • eximon >= 4.94.2-bp154.2.9.1
  • eximstats-html >= 4.94.2-bp154.2.9.1
 Patchnames:
openSUSE-2023-304
openSUSE Leap 15.5
  • exim >= 4.97.1-bp155.5.9.1
  • eximon >= 4.97.1-bp155.5.9.1
  • eximstats-html >= 4.97.1-bp155.5.9.1
 Patchnames:
openSUSE-2023-303
openSUSE-2024-7
openSUSE Tumbleweed
  • exim >= 4.96.2-1.1
  • eximon >= 4.96.2-1.1
  • eximstats-html >= 4.96.2-1.1
 Patchnames:
openSUSE-Tumbleweed-2024-13333

SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Thu Sep 28 02:00:25 2023
CVE page last modified: Tue Sep 3 19:30:27 2024