CVEvulnerability
CVE-2011-1407
7.5 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2011-05-16
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 7.5 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-20
Description
The DKIM implementation in Exim 4.7x before 4.76 permits matching for DKIM identities to apply to lookup items, instead of only strings, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or access a filesystem via a crafted identity.
Affected configurations
• exim exim 4.70
• exim exim 4.71
• exim exim 4.72
• exim exim 4.73
• exim exim 4.74
• exim exim 4.75
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-20 Improper Input Validation weakness
References
- http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2236 www.debian.org
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47836 www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1135-1 www.ubuntu.com
- https://lists.exim.org/lurker/message/20110509.091632.daed0206.en.html Patch
- https://lists.exim.org/lurker/message/20110512.102909.8136175a.en.html Patch
- http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2236 www.debian.org
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47836 www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1135-1 www.ubuntu.com
- https://lists.exim.org/lurker/message/20110509.091632.daed0206.en.html Patch
- https://lists.exim.org/lurker/message/20110512.102909.8136175a.en.html Patch