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Format string vulnerability in the...

High severity Unreviewed Published May 17, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Jan 28, 2023

Package

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Affected versions

Unknown

Patched versions

Unknown

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

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Oct 5, 2011
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database May 17, 2022
Last updated Jan 28, 2023

Severity

High

EPSS score

9.717%
(95th percentile)

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2011-1764

GHSA ID

GHSA-mhvp-9557-5gxf

Source code

No known source code

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