Oval Definition:oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:2017169440000000
Revision Date:2017-11-25Version:1
Title:CVE-2017-16944 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - medium.
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.
Family:unixClass:vulnerability
Status:Reference(s):CVE-2017-16944
Platform(s):Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
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Definition Synopsis
  • Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) is installed.
  • AND exim4 package in xenial, is related to the CVE in some way and has been fixed (note: '4.86.2-2ubuntu2.2').
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