CVE-2011-1764

critical

Description

Format string vulnerability in the dkim_exim_verify_finish function in src/dkim.c in Exim before 4.76 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via format string specifiers in data used in DKIM logging, as demonstrated by an identity field containing a % (percent) character.

References

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=702474

http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2232

http://secunia.com/advisories/51155

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-05/msg00005.html

http://git.exim.org/exim.git/commit/337e3505b0e6cd4309db6bf6062b33fa56e06cf8

http://bugs.exim.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1106

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=624670

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2011-10-05

Updated: 2024-11-21

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