Vulnerability in University Of Cambridge Exim
CVE-2005-0022
Buffer overflow in the spa_base64_to_bits function in Exim before 4.43, as originally obtained from Samba code, and as called by the auth_spa_client function, may allow attackers to execute arbitrary code during SPA authentication.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 4.6 (Medium). Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.007 (52.1th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 52nd percentile — 52.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.007 · newest: 0.007 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- University Of Cambridge Exim — versions 4.41, 4.42
References
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11293 (signature, vdb-entry)
- ftp6.us.freebsd.org/pub/mail/exim/ChangeLogs/ChangeLog-4.44
- marc.info/ (mailing-list)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/12188 (vdb-entry)
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-025.html (vendor-advisory, Patch)
- www.idefense.com/application/poi/display (third-party-advisory)
- 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, Patch)