{ "CVE_data_meta" : { "ASSIGNER" : "cve@mitre.org", "ID" : "CVE-2017-16944", "STATE" : "PUBLIC" }, "affects" : { "vendor" : { "vendor_data" : [ { "product" : { "product_data" : [ { "product_name" : "n/a", "version" : { "version_data" : [ { "version_value" : "n/a" } ] } } ] }, "vendor_name" : "n/a" } ] } }, "data_format" : "MITRE", "data_type" : "CVE", "data_version" : "4.0", "description" : { "description_data" : [ { "lang" : "eng", "value" : "The receive_msg function in receive.c in the SMTP daemon in Exim 4.88 and 4.89 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and stack exhaustion) via vectors involving BDAT commands and an improper check for a '.' character signifying the end of the content, related to the bdat_getc function." } ] }, "problemtype" : { "problemtype_data" : [ { "description" : [ { "lang" : "eng", "value" : "n/a" } ] } ] }, "references" : { "reference_data" : [ { "name" : "43184", "refsource" : "EXPLOIT-DB", "url" : "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43184/" }, { "name" : "http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/11/25/1", "refsource" : "MISC", "url" : "http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/11/25/1" }, { "name" : "http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/11/25/2", "refsource" : "MISC", "url" : "http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/11/25/2" }, { "name" : "http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/11/25/3", "refsource" : "MISC", "url" : "http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/11/25/3" }, { "name" : "https://bugs.exim.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2201", "refsource" : "MISC", "url" : "https://bugs.exim.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2201" }, { "name" : "https://lists.exim.org/lurker/message/20171125.034842.d1d75cac.en.html", "refsource" : "MISC", "url" : "https://lists.exim.org/lurker/message/20171125.034842.d1d75cac.en.html" }, { "name" : "DSA-4053", "refsource" : "DEBIAN", "url" : "https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4053" }, { "name" : "1039873", "refsource" : "SECTRACK", "url" : "http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039873" } ] } }