CVE-2005-0021

Impact:
Moderate
Public Date:
2005-01-04
Bugzilla:
1617439: CVE-2005-0021 security flaw

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

Multiple buffer overflows in Exim before 4.43 may allow attackers to execute arbitrary code via (1) an IPv6 address with more than 8 components, as demonstrated using the -be command line option, which triggers an overflow in the host_aton function, or (2) the -bh command line option or dnsdb PTR lookup, which triggers an overflow in the dns_build_reverse function.

Find out more about CVE-2005-0021 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

Red Hat Security Errata

Platform Errata Release Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 (exim) RHSA-2005:025 2005-02-15

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