CVE - CVE-2017-16944

CVE-ID
CVE-2017-16944	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
The receive_msg function in receive.c in the SMTP daemon in Exim 4.88 and 4.89 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and stack exhaustion) via vectors involving BDAT commands and an improper check for a '.' character signifying the end of the content, related to the bdat_getc function.
References
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DEBIAN:DSA-4053 URL:https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4053 EXPLOIT-DB:43184 URL:https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43184/ MISC:http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/11/25/1 MISC:http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/11/25/2 MISC:http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/11/25/3 MISC:https://bugs.exim.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2201 MISC:https://lists.exim.org/lurker/message/20171125.034842.d1d75cac.en.html MLIST:[oss-security] 20210504 21Nails: Multiple vulnerabilities in Exim URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/05/04/7 SECTRACK:1039873 URL:http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039873
Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
20171125	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20171125)
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Proposed (Legacy)
N/A
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