CVE-2017-16944

2017-11-2517:29:00

Alpine Linux Development Team

security.alpinelinux.org

0.851 High

EPSS

Percentile

98.5%

JSON

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.

OSVersionArchitecturePackageVersionFilename
Alpineedge-communitynoarchexim< 4.89.1-r0UNKNOWN
Alpine3.10-communitynoarchexim< 4.89.1-r0UNKNOWN
Alpine3.11-communitynoarchexim< 4.89.1-r0UNKNOWN
Alpine3.12-communitynoarchexim< 4.89.1-r0UNKNOWN
Alpine3.13-communitynoarchexim< 4.89.1-r0UNKNOWN
Alpine3.14-communitynoarchexim< 4.89.1-r0UNKNOWN
Alpine3.15-communitynoarchexim< 4.89.1-r0UNKNOWN
Alpine3.16-communitynoarchexim< 4.89.1-r0UNKNOWN
Alpine3.17-communitynoarchexim< 4.89.1-r0UNKNOWN
Alpine3.18-communitynoarchexim< 4.89.1-r0UNKNOWN

OS	Version	Architecture	Package	Version	Filename
Alpine	edge-community	noarch	exim	< 4.89.1-r0	UNKNOWN
Alpine	3.10-community	noarch	exim	< 4.89.1-r0	UNKNOWN
Alpine	3.11-community	noarch	exim	< 4.89.1-r0	UNKNOWN
Alpine	3.12-community	noarch	exim	< 4.89.1-r0	UNKNOWN
Alpine	3.13-community	noarch	exim	< 4.89.1-r0	UNKNOWN
Alpine	3.14-community	noarch	exim	< 4.89.1-r0	UNKNOWN
Alpine	3.15-community	noarch	exim	< 4.89.1-r0	UNKNOWN
Alpine	3.16-community	noarch	exim	< 4.89.1-r0	UNKNOWN
Alpine	3.17-community	noarch	exim	< 4.89.1-r0	UNKNOWN
Alpine	3.18-community	noarch	exim	< 4.89.1-r0	UNKNOWN