National Vulnerability Database (CVE-2004-0400)

National Cyber-Alert System Vulnerability Summary: CVE-2004-0400
Orirignal release date: 2004-07-07 Source: US-CERT/NIST ### Overview Stack-based buffer overflow in Exim 4 before 4.33, when the headers_check_syntax option is enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code during the header check. ### Impact CVSS Severity: 8 (High) Range: remote Authentication: input buffer="1" Impact Type: avail,sec_prot other="1" ### Reference to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools External Source: Full-Disclosure Name: 20040506 Buffer overflows in exim Hyperlink: http://lists.netsys.com/pipermail/full-disclosure/2004-May/021015.html External Source: yet still exim much better than windows Name: Hyperlink: External Source: Quininski Name: Georgi Guninski security advisory #68 Hyperlink: http://www.guninski.com/exim1.html External Source: Debian Name: DSA-501 Hyperlink: http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-501 External Source: Debian Name: DSA-502 Hyperlink: http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-502 External Source: ISS X-Force Name: exim-headerschecksyntax-bo(16077) Hyperlink: http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/16077 External Source: FULLDISC Name: 20040506 Buffer overflows in exim Hyperlink: http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2004-May/021015.html External Source: yet still exim much better than windows Name: Hyperlink: ### Vulnerable Software and Vendor Exim (University of Cambridge) Technical Details CVE Standard Vulnerability Entry: http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2004-0400