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exim: buffer overflows

Package(s):exim exim-tls CVE #(s):CAN-2003-0743
Created:September 5, 2003 Updated:October 1, 2003
Description: A buffer overflow exists in exim, which is the standard mail transport agent in Debian. By supplying a specially crafted HELO or EHLO command, an attacker could cause a constant string to be written past the end of a buffer allocated on the heap. This vulnerability is not believed at this time to be exploitable to execute arbitrary code.

CAN-2003-0743

Alerts:
Gentoo 200309-09 2003-09-15
Debian DSA-376-2 2003-09-07
Conectiva CLA-2003:735 2003-09-05
Debian DSA-376-1 2003-09-04
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