| Name | CVE-2023-42115 |
| Description | Exim AUTH Out-Of-Bounds Write Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of Exim. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the smtp service, which listens on TCP port 25 by default. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of user-supplied data, which can result in a write past the end of a buffer. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the service account. Was ZDI-CAN-17434. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DSA-5512-1 |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| exim4 (PTS) | bullseye | 4.94.2-7+deb11u2 | fixed |
| bullseye (security) | 4.94.2-7+deb11u3 | fixed | |
| bookworm | 4.96-15+deb12u4 | fixed | |
| bookworm (security) | 4.96-15+deb12u5 | fixed | |
| sid, trixie | 4.98-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| exim4 | source | buster | (not affected) | |||
| exim4 | source | bullseye | 4.94.2-7+deb11u1 | DSA-5512-1 | ||
| exim4 | source | bookworm | 4.96-15+deb12u2 | DSA-5512-1 | ||
| exim4 | source | (unstable) | 4.97~RC1-2 |
[buster] - exim4 <not-affected> (External authenticator support was introduced later)
https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-23-1469/
https://bugs.exim.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2999
https://git.exim.org/exim.git/log/refs/heads/exim-4.96%20security/exim.git/commit/955f1203c15be96fa84b5331fa2a5cb2e556b9a9
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/09/29/5
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/10/01/4
https://exim.org/static/doc/security/CVE-2023-zdi.txt