CVE-2023-42117

Name
CVE-2023-42117
Description
Exim Improper Neutralization of Special Elements 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 smtp service, which listens on TCP port 25 by default. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of user-supplied data, which can result in a memory corruption condition. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the current process. Was ZDI-CAN-17554.
NVD Severity
unknown
Other trackers
CVE, NVD, CERT, CVE Details, CIRCL, Arch Linux, Debian, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE (Bugzilla), SUSE (CVE), Mageia
Mailing lists
oss-security, full-disclosure, bugtraq
Exploits
Exploit DB, Metasploit
Forges
GitHub (code, issues), Aports (code, issues)

References

Type URI
zdi-disclosures@trendmicro.com https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-23-1471/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/10/msg00029.html

Match rules

CPE URI Source package Min version Max version
cpe:2.3:a:exim:exim:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* exim >= None < 4.96.2

Vulnerable and fixed packages

Source package Branch Version Maintainer Status
exim edge-community 4.96.2-r0 Jesse Young <jlyo@jlyo.org> fixed
exim edge-community 4.96.1-r0 Jesse Young <jlyo@jlyo.org> possibly vulnerable
exim edge-community 4.96-r2 Jesse Young <jlyo@jlyo.org> possibly vulnerable
exim edge-community 4.96-r1 Jesse Young <jlyo@jlyo.org> possibly vulnerable
exim edge-community 4.96-r0 Jesse Young <jlyo@jlyo.org> possibly vulnerable
exim edge-community 4.95-r0 Jesse Young <jlyo@jlyo.org> possibly vulnerable
exim edge-community 4.94.2-r1 Jesse Young <jlyo@jlyo.org> possibly vulnerable
exim edge-community 4.94.2-r0 Jesse Young <jlyo@jlyo.org> possibly vulnerable
exim edge-community 4.93-r1 None possibly vulnerable
exim edge-community 4.92.2-r1 None possibly vulnerable
exim edge-community 4.92.2-r0 None possibly vulnerable
exim edge-community 4.92.1-r0 None possibly vulnerable
exim edge-community 4.92-r0 None possibly vulnerable
exim edge-community 4.90.1-r0 None possibly vulnerable
exim edge-community 4.89.1-r0 None possibly vulnerable
exim edge-community 4.89-r7 None possibly vulnerable
exim edge-community 4.89-r5 None possibly vulnerable
exim 3.22-community 4.96.2-r0 None fixed
exim 3.22-community 4.96.1-r0 None possibly vulnerable
exim 3.22-community 4.94.2-r0 None possibly vulnerable
exim 3.22-community 4.93-r1 None possibly vulnerable
exim 3.22-community 4.92.2-r1 None possibly vulnerable
exim 3.22-community 4.92.2-r0 None possibly vulnerable
exim 3.22-community 4.92.1-r0 None possibly vulnerable
exim 3.22-community 4.92-r0 None possibly vulnerable
exim 3.22-community 4.90.1-r0 None possibly vulnerable
exim 3.22-community 4.89.1-r0 None possibly vulnerable
exim 3.22-community 4.89-r7 None possibly vulnerable
exim 3.22-community 4.89-r5 None possibly vulnerable
exim 3.21-community 4.96.2-r0 None fixed
exim 3.20-community 4.96.2-r0 None fixed
exim 3.19-community 4.96.2-r0 None fixed
exim 3.18-community 4.96.2-r0 Jesse Young <jlyo@jlyo.org> fixed