Exim Remote Code Execution Vulnerability: CVE-2017-16943
8
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
11/24/2017
07/25/2018
11/28/2017
12/08/2017
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.
Solution(s)
- exim-upgrade-4_90
- exim-disable-chunking
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