CVE-2021-38371
Published: 10 August 2021
The STARTTLS feature in Exim through 4.94.2 allows response injection (buffering) during MTA SMTP sending.
Notes
| Author | Note |
|---|---|
| mdeslaur | the upstream Exim developers do not consider this to be a security issue, and do not believe this to be exploitable. See exim4 advisory. |
Priority
Status
| Package | Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
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exim4 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
bionic |
Released
(4.90.1-1ubuntu1.10+esm4)
Available with Ubuntu Pro or Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only) |
| focal |
Released
(4.93-13ubuntu1.11)
|
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| hirsute |
Ignored
(end of life)
|
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| impish |
Ignored
(end of life)
|
|
| jammy |
Not vulnerable
(4.95-4ubuntu2.2)
|
|
| kinetic |
Not vulnerable
(4.96-3ubuntu1.1)
|
|
| lunar |
Not vulnerable
(4.96-14ubuntu1)
|
|
| mantic |
Not vulnerable
(4.96-14ubuntu1)
|
|
| noble |
Not vulnerable
(4.96-14ubuntu1)
|
|
| trusty |
Released
(4.82-3ubuntu2.4+esm8)
Available with Ubuntu Pro or Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only) |
|
| upstream |
Released
(4.95)
|
|
| xenial |
Released
(4.86.2-2ubuntu2.6+esm7)
Available with Ubuntu Pro or Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only) |
|
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Patches: upstream: https://git.exim.org/exim.git/commit/1b9ab35f323121aabf029f0496c7227818efad14 |
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Severity score breakdown
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Base score | 7.5 |
| Attack vector | Network |
| Attack complexity | Low |
| Privileges required | None |
| User interaction | None |
| Scope | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | None |
| Integrity impact | High |
| Availability impact | None |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N |