CVE-2018-6789 Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures

Upstream information

CVE-2018-6789 at MITRE

Description

An issue was discovered in the base64d function in the SMTP listener in Exim before 4.90.1. By sending a handcrafted message, a buffer overflow may happen. This can be used to execute code remotely.

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
	CNA (CISA-ADP)	National Vulnerability Database
Base Score	9.8	9.8
Vector	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector	Network	Network
Attack Complexity	Low	Low
Privileges Required	None	None
User Interaction	None	None
Scope	Unchanged	Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact	High	High
Integrity Impact	High	High
Availability Impact	High	High
CVSSv3 Version	3.1	3.1

SUSE Bugzilla entry: 1079832 [RESOLVED / FIXED]

SUSE Security Advisories:

openSUSE-SU-2018:0468-1, published Fri Dec 8 15:48:39 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

SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Wed Feb 7 13:23:54 2018
CVE page last modified: Wed Feb 12 19:30:15 2025