Alpine: multiple exim packages: security update to 4.89-r6 (deprecated)

critical Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 400794

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

- The receive_msg function in receive.c in the SMTP daemon in Exim 4.88 and 4.89 allows remote attackers to
execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (use-after-free) via vectors involving BDAT commands.
(CVE-2017-16943)

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 400794

Version: Revision 1.23

Type: Local

Family: Alpine Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 8/16/2023

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.88

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-16943

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/28/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/25/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-16943

Detections

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