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CVE-2012-5671

Date: October 31, 2012

Heap-based buffer overflow in the dkim_exim_query_dns_txt function in dkim.c in Exim 4.70 through 4.80, when DKIM support is enabled and acl_smtp_connect and acl_smtp_rcpt are not set to "warn control = dkim_disable_verify," allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an email from a malicious DNS server.

Language: C

Severity Score

5.6

Related Resources (19)

Url: https://lists.exim.org/lurker/message/20121026.080330.74b9147b.en.html

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1618-1

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/51098

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/51153

Url: http://osvdb.org/86616

Url: http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2566

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/51155

Url: https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2012-5671

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/51115

Url: http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-October/090900.html

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56285

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-10/msg00018.html

Url: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79615

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-5671

Url: http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-October/090963.html

Url: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/26/5

Url: http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-November/091664.html

Url: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-5671

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2012-5671

Severity Score

5.6

Weakness Type (CWE)

Buffer Errors

CWE-119

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	5.6
Attack Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC):	HIGH
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	LOW
Integrity (I):	LOW
Availability (A):	LOW

CVSS v2

Base Score:	6.8
Access Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC):	MEDIUM
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	PARTIAL
Integrity (I):	PARTIAL
Availability (A):	PARTIAL
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CVE-2012-5671

Date: October 31, 2012

Language: C

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