Alpine Linux Development TeamALPINE:CVE-2017-16944CVE-2017-16944
5 Medium
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
7.5 High
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
6.9 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
Low
0.851 High
EPSS
Percentile
98.6%
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.
| OS | Version | Architecture | Package | Version | Filename |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine | edge-community | noarch | exim | < 4.89.1-r0 | UNKNOWN |
| Alpine | 3.10-community | noarch | exim | < 4.89.1-r0 | UNKNOWN |
| Alpine | 3.11-community | noarch | exim | < 4.89.1-r0 | UNKNOWN |
| Alpine | 3.12-community | noarch | exim | < 4.89.1-r0 | UNKNOWN |
| Alpine | 3.13-community | noarch | exim | < 4.89.1-r0 | UNKNOWN |
| Alpine | 3.14-community | noarch | exim | < 4.89.1-r0 | UNKNOWN |
| Alpine | 3.15-community | noarch | exim | < 4.89.1-r0 | UNKNOWN |
| Alpine | 3.16-community | noarch | exim | < 4.89.1-r0 | UNKNOWN |
| Alpine | 3.17-community | noarch | exim | < 4.89.1-r0 | UNKNOWN |
| Alpine | 3.18-community | noarch | exim | < 4.89.1-r0 | UNKNOWN |
Related
5 Medium
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
7.5 High
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
6.9 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
Low
0.851 High
EPSS
Percentile
98.6%