CVE-2012-5671
Published · Updated
25Vexday Risk Score
Prioritize patching. It exploitation observed by VulnCheck.
ssvc Attendepss 8.4%
from disclosure to weapon
Published on NVDOct 31
VulnCheck+113d
exploitation probability
8.4%top 5% of all CVEs
observed exploitation
yesVulnCheck
Heap-based buffer overflow in the dkim_exim_query_dns_txt function in dkim.c in Exim 4.70 through 4.80, when DKIM support is enabled and acl_smtp_connect and acl_smtp_rcpt are not set to "warn control = dkim_disable_verify," allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an email from a malicious DNS server.
Affected products
n/a · n/aReferences
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-November/091664.htmlhttp://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-October/090900.htmlhttp://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-October/090963.htmlhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-10/msg00018.htmlhttp://osvdb.org/86616http://secunia.com/advisories/51098http://secunia.com/advisories/51115http://secunia.com/advisories/51153http://secunia.com/advisories/51155https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79615https://lists.exim.org/lurker/message/20121026.080330.74b9147b.en.htmlhttp://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2566