| Name | CVE-2023-42117 |
| Description | Exim Improper Neutralization of Special Elements Remote Code Execution Vulnerability |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| exim4 (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 4.84.2-2+deb8u11 | vulnerable |
| stretch (security) | 4.89-2+deb9u8 | vulnerable |
| stretch (lts), stretch | 4.89-2+deb9u11 | vulnerable |
| buster | 4.92-8+deb10u6 | vulnerable |
| buster (security) | 4.92-8+deb10u9 | vulnerable |
| bullseye (security), bullseye | 4.94.2-7+deb11u2 | vulnerable |
| bookworm (security), bookworm | 4.96-15+deb12u4 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 4.97-8 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| exim4 | source | bookworm | 4.96-15+deb12u3 | | | |
| exim4 | source | (unstable) | 4.97~RC2-2 | | | |
Notes
[bullseye] - exim4 <no-dsa> (Only an issue if Exim4 run behind an untrusted proxy-protocol proxy)
[buster] - exim4 <no-dsa> (Only an issue if Exim4 run behind an untrusted proxy-protocol proxy)
https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-23-1471/
https://bugs.exim.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3031
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/09/29/5
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/10/01/4
https://exim.org/static/doc/security/CVE-2023-zdi.txt
[stretch] - exim4 <no-dsa> (Only an issue if Exim4 run behind an untrusted proxy-protocol proxy)
[jessie] - exim4 <no-dsa> (Only an issue if Exim4 run behind an untrusted proxy-protocol proxy)