Executive Summary
Summary | |
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Title | Exim vulnerability |
Informations | |||
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Name | USN-3493-1 | First vendor Publication | 2017-11-27 |
Vendor | Ubuntu | Last vendor Modification | 2017-11-27 |
Severity (Vendor) | N/A | Revision | N/A |
Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3
Cvss vector : N/A | |||
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Overall CVSS Score | NA | ||
Base Score | NA | Environmental Score | NA |
impact SubScore | NA | Temporal Score | NA |
Exploitabality Sub Score | NA | ||
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2
Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) | |||
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Cvss Base Score | 7.5 | Attack Range | Network |
Cvss Impact Score | 6.4 | Attack Complexity | Low |
Cvss Expoit Score | 10 | Authentication | None Required |
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Detail
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 17.10 - Ubuntu 17.04 Summary: Exim could be made to crash or run programs if it received specially crafted network traffic. Software Description: - exim4: Exim is a mail transport agent Details: It was discovered that Exim incorrectly handled memory in the ESMTP CHUNKING extension. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause Exim to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. The default compiler options for affected releases should reduce the vulnerability to a denial of service. Update instructions: The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 17.10: Ubuntu 17.04: In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes. References: Package Information: |
Original Source
Url : http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3493-1 |
CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration
% | Id | Name |
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100 % | CWE-416 | Use After Free |
CPE : Common Platform Enumeration
Type | Description | Count |
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Application | 2 | |
Os | 1 |
Snort® IPS/IDS
Date | Description |
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2019-09-26 | Exim malformed BDAT code execution attempt RuleID : 51301 - Revision : 1 - Type : SERVER-OTHER |
2018-01-03 | Exim malformed BDAT code execution attempt RuleID : 45046 - Revision : 5 - Type : SERVER-OTHER |
Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner
Date | Description |
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2018-03-07 | Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches. File : gentoo_GLSA-201803-01.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
2018-01-15 | Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update. File : fedora_2017-0053bb9719.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
2017-12-26 | Name : The remote Amazon Linux AMI host is missing a security update. File : ala_ALAS-2017-932.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
2017-12-14 | Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update. File : openSUSE-2017-1342.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
2017-12-13 | Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update. File : fedora_2017-0032baa7d7.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
2017-12-01 | Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update. File : debian_DSA-4053.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
2017-11-29 | Name : The remote mail server is potentially affected by a remote code execution flaw. File : exim_bdat_chunk_uaf.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
2017-11-28 | Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches. File : ubuntu_USN-3493-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
Alert History
Date | Informations |
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2017-12-08 00:23:52 |
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2017-11-29 13:24:01 |
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2017-11-27 21:22:07 |
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