CVE-2001-0690 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Format string vulnerability in exim (3.22-10 in Red Hat, 3.12 in Debian and 3.16 in Conectiva) in batched SMTP mode allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code via format strings in SMTP mail headers.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.20241.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Conectiva	Linux
Debian	Debian Linux
Redhat	Linux Powertools
University Of Cambridge	Exim

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:university_of_cambridge:exim::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:conectiva:linux::::::::

Configuration 2 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:4.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux::::::::

Package	CPE	Advisory	Released Date
Red Hat Powertools 6.2
	cpe:/a:redhat:powertools:6.2	RHSA-2001:078	2001-06-26T00:00:00Z
Red Hat Powertools 7.0
	cpe:/a:redhat:powertools:7.0	RHSA-2001:078	2001-06-26T00:00:00Z
Red Hat Powertools 7.1
	cpe:/a:redhat:powertools:7.1	RHSA-2001:078	2001-06-26T00:00:00Z

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Advisories

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Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-06/0041.html
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000402
http://www.debian.org/security/2001/dsa-058
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2001-078.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2828
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6671
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2001-0690
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2001-0690

History

No history.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2002-03-09T05:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-08T04:30:06.024Z

Reserved: 2001-08-29T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2001-0690

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2001-09-20T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Link: CVE-2001-0690

Redhat

Severity :

Publid Date: 2001-06-06T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2001-0690 - Bugzilla

OpenCVE Enrichment

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