CVE-2024-39929

July 4, 2024, 3:15 p.m.

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No Score

Description

Exim through 4.97.1 misparses a multiline RFC 2231 header filename, and thus remote attackers can bypass a $mime_filename extension-blocking protection mechanism, and potentially deliver executable attachments to the mailboxes of end users.

Product(s) Impacted

Product Versions
Exim
  • up to 4.97.1

Weaknesses

References

https://bugs.exim.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3099#c4
https://git.exim.org/exim.git/commit/1b3209b0577a9327ebb076f3b32b8a159c253f7b
https://git.exim.org/exim.git/commit/6ce5c70cff8989418e05d01fd2a57703007a6357
https://github.com/Exim/exim/compare/exim-4.98-RC2...exim-4.98-RC3
https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc2231.txt

Tags

cve@mitre.org
2024-07-04
CVE-2024-39929

Date

  • Published: July 4, 2024, 3:15 p.m.
  • Last Modified: July 4, 2024, 3:15 p.m.

Status : Received

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More info

Source

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