CVEvulnerability
CVE-2016-9963
5.9 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2017-02-01
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 5.9 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 2.6 LOW — AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-320
Description
Exim before 4.87.1 might allow remote attackers to obtain the private DKIM signing key via vectors related to log files and bounce messages.
Affected configurations
• exim exim (<= 4.87)
• canonical ubuntu linux 12.04
• canonical ubuntu linux 14.04
• canonical ubuntu linux 16.04
• canonical ubuntu linux 16.10
• debian debian linux 8.0
Related
Weakness · not in database (1)
References
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3747 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.exim.org/static/doc/CVE-2016-9963.txt Mitigation, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94947 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037484 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3164-1 Third Party Advisory
- https://bugs.exim.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1996 Issue Tracking, Mitigation, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3747 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.exim.org/static/doc/CVE-2016-9963.txt Mitigation, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94947 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037484 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3164-1 Third Party Advisory
- https://bugs.exim.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1996 Issue Tracking, Mitigation, Vendor Advisory