8.1 High
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
8.4 High
AI Score
Confidence
High
0.001 Low
EPSS
Percentile
29.0%
Exim SMTP Challenge Stack-based Buffer Overflow Remote Code Execution
Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute
arbitrary code on affected installations of Exim. Authentication is not
required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the
handling of NTLM challenge requests. The issue results from the lack of
proper validation of the length of user-supplied data prior to copying it
to a fixed-length stack-based buffer. An attacker can leverage this
vulnerability to execute code in the context of the service account. Was
ZDI-CAN-17515.
Author | Note |
---|---|
eslerm | no security patches available, see ZDI’s timeline |
allenpthuang | patches now available, see the thread on Openwall |
OS | Version | Architecture | Package | Version | Filename |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
ubuntu | 18.04 | noarch | exim4 | < 4.90.1-1ubuntu1.10+esm1 | UNKNOWN |
ubuntu | 20.04 | noarch | exim4 | < 4.93-13ubuntu1.8 | UNKNOWN |
ubuntu | 22.04 | noarch | exim4 | < 4.95-4ubuntu2.3 | UNKNOWN |
ubuntu | 23.04 | noarch | exim4 | < 4.96-14ubuntu1.2 | UNKNOWN |
ubuntu | 23.10 | noarch | exim4 | < 4.96-17ubuntu2 | UNKNOWN |
ubuntu | 14.04 | noarch | exim4 | < 4.82-3ubuntu2.4+esm6 | UNKNOWN |
ubuntu | 16.04 | noarch | exim4 | < 4.86.2-2ubuntu2.6+esm4 | UNKNOWN |
launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2023-42116
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-42116
security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-42116
ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6411-1
www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-42116
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/10/02/3
www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-23-1470/
8.1 High
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
8.4 High
AI Score
Confidence
High
0.001 Low
EPSS
Percentile
29.0%