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HistoryNov 24, 2022 - 12:00 a.m.

Exim vulnerability

2022-11-2400:00:00
ubuntu.com
105
exim
ubuntu
vulnerability
code execution
denial of service
regular expressions
mail transport agent

CVSS3

7.5

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

AI Score

8.3

Confidence

High

EPSS

0.007

Percentile

80.2%

Releases

  • Ubuntu 22.10
  • Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
  • Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
  • Ubuntu 18.04 ESM

Packages

  • exim4 - Exim is a mail transport agent

Details

It was discovered that Exim incorrectly handled certain regular
expressions. An attacker could use this issue to cause Exim to crash,
resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.

CVSS3

7.5

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

AI Score

8.3

Confidence

High

EPSS

0.007

Percentile

80.2%