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CVE-2017-16944

by Fred · 25/11/2017

The receive_msg function in receive.c in the SMTP daemon in Exim 4.88 and 4.89 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and stack exhaustion) via vectors involving BDAT commands and an improper check for a ‘.’ character signifying the end of the content, related to the bdat_getc function.

Date published : 2017-11-25

https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4053

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43184/

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