CVE-2017-16944 log

Source
Severity High
Remote Yes
Type Denial of service
Description
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.
Group Package Affected Fixed Severity Status Ticket
AVG-518 exim 4.89-1 4.89.1-1 Critical Fixed FS#56478
Date Advisory Group Package Severity Type
30 Nov 2017 ASA-201711-32 AVG-518 exim Critical multiple issues
References
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/11/25/2
https://bugs.exim.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2201
https://lists.exim.org/lurker/message/20171125.034842.d1d75cac.en.html
https://git.exim.org/exim.git/commitdiff/178ecb70987f024f0e775d87c2f8b2cf587dd542
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43184/