CVE-2005-0021

Published May 2, 2005

Last updated 7 years ago

Overview

Description: Multiple buffer overflows in Exim before 4.43 may allow attackers to execute arbitrary code via (1) an IPv6 address with more than 8 components, as demonstrated using the -be command line option, which triggers an overflow in the host_aton function, or (2) the -bh command line option or dnsdb PTR lookup, which triggers an overflow in the dns_build_reverse function.
Source: cve@mitre.org
NVD status: Modified

Hype score: Not currently trending

Risk scores

CVSS 2.0

Type: Primary
Base score: 7.2
Impact score: 10
Exploitability score: 3.9
Vector string: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov: NVD-CWE-Other

Configurations

[
  {
    "nodes": [
      {
        "negate": false,
        "cpeMatch": [
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:university_of_cambridge:exim:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true,
            "matchCriteriaId": "3F9C6432-7FDB-4DF9-A1D8-ED454D9FE322",
            "versionEndIncluding": "4.40"
          },
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:university_of_cambridge:exim:4.41:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true,
            "matchCriteriaId": "A11FE354-D770-43E4-85EF-582BCC344D2A"
          },
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:university_of_cambridge:exim:4.42:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true,
            "matchCriteriaId": "CF7F88AF-13F0-4236-A87E-52768636A972"
          }
        ],
        "operator": "OR"
      }
    ]
  }
]

Overview

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Risk scores

CVSS 2.0

Weaknesses

Configurations

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