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CVE-2022-37451

Published: 6 August 2022

Exim before 4.96 has an invalid free in pam_converse in auths/call_pam.c because store_free is not used after store_malloc.

Notes

AuthorNote
mdeslaur
This is caused by store_internal_malloc being modified to store
extra bytes in the following commit:
https://github.com/Exim/exim/commit/1e30b0199daf7a7a882458251a3dc10d45d4c7d1

Priority

Medium

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.5

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
exim4
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Not vulnerable
(code not present)
focal Not vulnerable
(code not present)
jammy Not vulnerable
(4.95-4ubuntu2.1)
kinetic Not vulnerable
(4.96-3ubuntu1)
trusty Not vulnerable
(code not present)
upstream
Released (4.95-4)
xenial Not vulnerable
(code not present)
Patches:
upstream: https://github.com/Exim/exim/commit/51be321b27825c01829dffd90f11bfff256f7e42

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 7.5
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H