Vulnerability in University Of Cambridge Exim
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.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 7.2 (High). Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.026 (84.9th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 85th percentile — 84.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.026 · newest: 0.026 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- University Of Cambridge Exim — versions 4.41, 4.42
References
- www.idefense.com/application/poi/display (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/132992 (US Government Resource, Patch, third-party-advisory)
- www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-635 (vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)
- ftp6.us.freebsd.org/pub/mail/exim/ChangeLogs/ChangeLog-4.44
- www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-637 (vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)
- www.idefense.com/application/poi/display (Exploit, Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-025.html (vendor-advisory, Patch)
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200501-23.xml (vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)
- www.exim.org/mail-archives/exim-users/Week-of-Mon-20050103/msg00028.html (mailing-list)
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10347 (signature, vdb-entry)