CVE-2003-0743

critical

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in smtp_in.c for Exim 3 (exim3) before 3.36 and Exim 4 (exim4) before 4.21 may allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an invalid (1) HELO or (2) EHLO argument with a large number of spaces followed by a NULL character and a newline, which is not properly trimmed before the "(no argument given)" string is appended to the buffer.

References

http://www.exim.org/pipermail/exim-users/Week-of-Mon-20030811/057809.html

http://www.exim.org/pipermail/exim-users/Week-of-Mon-20030811/057720.html

http://www.exim.org/pipermail/exim-announce/2003q3/000094.html

http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-376

http://packages.debian.org/changelogs/pool/main/e/exim4/exim4_4.34-10/changelog

http://packages.debian.org/changelogs/pool/main/e/exim/exim_3.36-13/changelog

http://marc.info/?l=vuln-dev&m=106264740820334&w=2

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=106252015820395&w=2

http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000735

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2003-10-20

Updated: 2016-10-18

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Critical