CVE-2021-33912

critical

Description

libspf2 before 1.2.11 has a four-byte heap-based buffer overflow that might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code (via an unauthenticated e-mail message from anywhere on the Internet) with a crafted SPF DNS record, because of incorrect sprintf usage in SPF_record_expand_data in spf_expand.c. The vulnerable code may be part of the supply chain of a site's e-mail infrastructure (e.g., with additional configuration, Exim can use libspf2; the Postfix web site links to unofficial patches for use of libspf2 with Postfix; older versions of spfquery relied on libspf2) but most often is not.

References

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-22

https://nathanielbennett.com/blog/libspf2-cve-jan-2022-disclosure

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/01/msg00015.html

https://github.com/shevek/libspf2/tree/8131fe140704eaae695e76b5cd09e39bd1dd220b

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2022-01-19

Updated: 2024-01-15

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 9.3

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

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