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CVE-2017-16944 - log back

CVE-2017-16944 created at 25 Sep 2019 19:31:40
Severity	+ High
Remote	+ Remote
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.
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/
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