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CVE-2024-39929

Published: 4 July 2024

Exim through 4.97.1 misparses a multiline RFC 2231 header filename, and thus remote attackers can bypass a $mime_filename extension-blocking protection mechanism, and potentially deliver executable attachments to the mailboxes of end users.

Priority

Medium

Status

Package Release Status
exim4
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic
Released (4.90.1-1ubuntu1.10+esm5)
Available with Ubuntu Pro or Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only)
focal
Released (4.93-13ubuntu1.12)
jammy
Released (4.95-4ubuntu2.6)
mantic Ignored
(end of life, was needs-triage)
noble
Released (4.97-4ubuntu4.1)
trusty Not vulnerable
(code-not-present)
upstream Needs triage

xenial
Released (4.86.2-2ubuntu2.6+esm8)
Available with Ubuntu Pro or Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only)
Patches:
upstream: https://git.exim.org/exim.git/commit/6ce5c70cff8989418e05d01fd2a57703007a6357
upstream: https://git.exim.org/exim.git/commit/1b3209b0577a9327ebb076f3b32b8a159c253f7b