CVE-2005-0021
7.2 High
CVSS2
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
7.7 High
AI Score
Confidence
Low
0.002 Low
EPSS
Percentile
56.4%
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.
Affected configurations
References
ftp6.us.freebsd.org/pub/mail/exim/ChangeLogs/ChangeLog-4.44
security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200501-23.xml
www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-635
www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-637
www.exim.org/mail-archives/exim-users/Week-of-Mon-20050103/msg00028.html
www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=179&type=vulnerabilities
www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=183&type=vulnerabilities
www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/132992
www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-025.html
oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10347
Related
7.2 High
CVSS2
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
7.7 High
AI Score
Confidence
Low
0.002 Low
EPSS
Percentile
56.4%