CVE-2005-0021

Multiple buffer overflows in Exim before 4.43 may allow attackers to execute arbitrary code via (1) an IPv6 address with more than 8 components, as demonstrated using the -be command line option, which triggers an overflow in the host_aton function, or (2) the -bh command line option or dnsdb PTR lookup, which triggers an overflow in the dns_build_reverse function.

CVSS v2.0 7.2 HIGH

7.2^/10

CVSS v2.0 : HIGH

Vector : AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 10.0

Access Vector LOCAL

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact COMPLETE

Integrity Impact COMPLETE

Availability Impact COMPLETE

References

Link	Resource
http://ftp6.us.freebsd.org/pub/mail/exim/ChangeLogs/ChangeLog-4.44
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200501-23.xml	Vendor Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-635	Vendor Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-637	Vendor Advisory
http://www.exim.org/mail-archives/exim-users/Week-of-Mon-20050103/msg00028.html
http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=179&type=vulnerabilities	Vendor Advisory
http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=183&type=vulnerabilities	Exploit Vendor Advisory
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/132992	Patch US Government Resource
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-025.html	Patch
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10347

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:university_of_cambridge:exim::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:university_of_cambridge:exim:4.41:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:university_of_cambridge:exim:4.42:::::::*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2005-05-02 04:00

Updated : 2017-10-11 01:29

NVD link : CVE-2005-0021

Mitre link : CVE-2005-0021

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2005-0021

JSON object : View

Products Affected

university_of_cambridge

exim

CWE

NVD-CWE-Other

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