9.8Kritisch KEV

CVE-2010-4344Exim Heap-Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

exim exim; opensuse opensuse; debian debian linux; canonical ubuntu linux Veröffentlicht: 2010-12-14 17:00 (vor 15 Jahren)

Bekannt ausgenutzt — Exim Heap-Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

CISA hat am 25.03.2022 bestätigt, dass diese Schwachstelle in echten Angriffen genutzt wird. Frist für US-Bundesbehörden: 15.04.2022.

Erforderliche Maßnahme: Apply updates per vendor instructions. https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-4344

Beschreibung

Heap-based buffer overflow in the string_vformat function in string.c in Exim before 4.70 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an SMTP session that includes two MAIL commands in conjunction with a large message containing crafted headers, leading to improper rejection logging.

Schwachstellentyp (CWE): CWE-787

Daten: CVE.org, NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS, Ubuntu. Wiedergegeben wie in der Quelle, auf Englisch.

Betroffene Produkte und Versionen

Hersteller	Produkt	Versionen
canonical	ubuntu linux	6.06
debian	debian linux	5.0
exim	exim	< 4.70
opensuse	opensuse	11.1

Referenzen und Patches

SUSE-SA:2010:059 vendor-advisoryMailing ListThird Party Advisory
[exim-dev] 20101207 Remote root vulnerability in Exim mailing-listExploitMailing List
http://bugs.exim.org/show_bug.cgi?id=787 Issue TrackingPatch
1024858 vdb-entryBroken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
RHSA-2010:0970 vendor-advisoryBroken Link
ADV-2010-3186 vdb-entryBroken LinkVendor Advisory
45308 vdb-entryBroken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.metasploit.com/modules/exploit/unix/smtp/exim4_string_format Third Party Advisory
http://atmail.com/blog/2010/atmail-6204-now-available/ Broken Link
42576 third-party-advisoryBroken LinkVendor Advisory
42587 third-party-advisoryBroken LinkVendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=661756 ExploitIssue Tracking
[exim-dev] 20101210 Re: Remote root vulnerability in Exim mailing-listMailing ListPatch
40019 third-party-advisoryBroken LinkVendor Advisory
ADV-2010-3172 vdb-entryBroken LinkVendor Advisory
VU#682457 third-party-advisoryThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
ADV-2010-3181 vdb-entryBroken LinkVendor Advisory
42586 third-party-advisoryBroken LinkVendor Advisory
ADV-2010-3317 vdb-entryBroken Link
USN-1032-1 vendor-advisoryThird Party Advisory
http://www.cpanel.net/2010/12/exim-remote-memory-corruption-vulnerability-notification-cve-2010-4344.html Broken Link
69685 vdb-entryBroken LinkExploitPatch
20101213 Exim security issue in historical release mailing-listBroken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/12/11/exim_code_execution_peril/ Press/Media Coverage
ADV-2010-3246 vdb-entryBroken LinkVendor Advisory
ftp://ftp.exim.org/pub/exim/ChangeLogs/ChangeLog-4.70 Broken Link
ADV-2010-3204 vdb-entryBroken LinkVendor Advisory
http://git.exim.org/exim.git/commit/24c929a27415c7cfc7126c47e4cad39acf3efa6b Mailing ListPatch
DSA-2131 vendor-advisoryMailing ListThird Party Advisory
ADV-2010-3171 vdb-entryBroken LinkVendor Advisory
42589 third-party-advisoryBroken LinkVendor Advisory
[oss-security] 20101210 Exim remote root mailing-listMailing ListThird Party Advisory
[oss-security] 20210504 21Nails: Multiple vulnerabilities in Exim mailing-listExploitMailing List
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2010-4344 US Government Resource

CPE-Treffer (NVD) (8)

cpe:2.3:a:exim:exim:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* < 4.70
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:11.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:11.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:11.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.06:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.04:*:*:*:-:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:9.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS-Score

9.8Kritisch

Quelle: CISA-ADP · CVSS 3.1

Angriffsvektor: Netzwerk
Komplexität: Niedrig
Rechte erforderlich: Keine
Benutzerinteraktion: Keine
Geltungsbereich: Unverändert
Vertraulichkeit: Hoch
Integrität: Hoch
Verfügbarkeit: Hoch

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Alle Scores (4)

CISA-ADP	CVSS 3.1	9.8Kritisch
nvd	CVSS 3.1	9.8Kritisch
134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0	CVSS 3.1	9.8Kritisch
nvd	CVSS 2.0	9.3Hoch

EPSS (Ausnutzungswahrscheinlichkeit in 30 Tagen)

71.71%

höher als 99 % aller CVEs

CISA-Bewertung (SSVC)

Ausnutzung: active
Automatisierbar: yes
Technische Auswirkung: total

Zeitverlauf

ID reserviert2010-11-30
Veröffentlicht2010-12-14 17:00
Bei IP-DB eingegangen2026-10-24 23:33
In KEV aufgenommen2022-03-25
Zuletzt aktualisiert2026-06-17 02:24

Vergeben von (CNA): redhat
NVD-Status: Analyzed

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