CVE-2017-16943

NameCVE-2017-16943
DescriptionThe receive_msg function in receive.c in the SMTP daemon in Exim 4.88 and 4.89 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (use-after-free) via vectors involving BDAT commands.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDSA-4053-1
Debian Bugs882648

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
exim4 (PTS)jessie, jessie (lts)4.84.2-2+deb8u11fixed
stretch (security)4.89-2+deb9u8fixed
stretch (lts), stretch4.89-2+deb9u11fixed
buster4.92-8+deb10u6fixed
buster (security)4.92-8+deb10u9fixed
bullseye (security), bullseye4.94.2-7+deb11u2fixed
bookworm (security), bookworm4.96-15+deb12u4fixed
trixie4.97-5fixed
sid4.97-6fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
exim4sourcewheezy(not affected)
exim4sourcejessie(not affected)
exim4sourcestretch4.89-2+deb9u2DSA-4053-1
exim4source(unstable)4.89-12882648

Notes

[jessie] - exim4 <not-affected> (ESMTP CHUNKING extension introduced in 4.88)
[wheezy] - exim4 <not-affected> (ESMTP CHUNKING extension introduced in 4.88)
https://bugs.exim.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2199
https://git.exim.org/exim.git/commitdiff/4e6ae6235c68de243b1c2419027472d7659aa2b4
https://lists.exim.org/lurker/message/20171125.034842.d1d75cac.en.html
https://twitter.com/philpennock/status/934270613811875840
4.89-10 adds a workaround which disables the affected code by default

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