Use of Externally-Controlled Format String Affecting exim4 package, versions <4.75-3
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- published 5 Oct 2011
- disclosed 5 Oct 2011
Introduced: 5 Oct 2011
CVE-2011-1764 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Debian:9
exim4
to version 4.75-3 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream exim4
package and not the exim4
package as distributed by Debian
.
See How to fix?
for Debian:9
relevant fixed versions and status.
Format string vulnerability in the dkim_exim_verify_finish function in src/dkim.c in Exim before 4.76 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via format string specifiers in data used in DKIM logging, as demonstrated by an identity field containing a % (percent) character.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-1764
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=624670
- http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2232
- http://bugs.exim.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1106
- http://git.exim.org/exim.git/commit/337e3505b0e6cd4309db6bf6062b33fa56e06cf8
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-05/msg00005.html
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=702474
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51155