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ubuntu-cve-2014-2957

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

Published

2014-09-04 17:55

Modified

2026-06-03 19:32

Summary

Details

The dmarc_process function in dmarc.c in Exim before 4.82.1, when EXPERIMENTAL_DMARC is enabled, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via the From header in an email, which is passed to the expand_string function.

Severity

N/A (UNKNOWN)


                    
                      negligible

References

URL

Type

	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-2957	REPORT
	https://lists.exim.org/lurker/message/20140528.12…	REPORT
	http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/05/28	REPORT
	https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-2957	REPORT

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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "exim4",
            "binary_version": "4.82-3ubuntu2.4+esm9"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "exim4-base",
            "binary_version": "4.82-3ubuntu2.4+esm9"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "exim4-config",
            "binary_version": "4.82-3ubuntu2.4+esm9"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "exim4-daemon-heavy",
            "binary_version": "4.82-3ubuntu2.4+esm9"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "exim4-daemon-light",
            "binary_version": "4.82-3ubuntu2.4+esm9"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "eximon4",
            "binary_version": "4.82-3ubuntu2.4+esm9"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS",
        "name": "exim4",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/exim4@4.82-3ubuntu2.4+esm9?arch=source\u0026distro=esm-infra-legacy/trusty"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "4.80-7ubuntu3",
        "4.80-7ubuntu4",
        "4.80-9ubuntu1",
        "4.80-9ubuntu2",
        "4.82-3ubuntu1",
        "4.82-3ubuntu2",
        "4.82-3ubuntu2.1",
        "4.82-3ubuntu2.2",
        "4.82-3ubuntu2.3",
        "4.82-3ubuntu2.4",
        "4.82-3ubuntu2.4+esm1",
        "4.82-3ubuntu2.4+esm2",
        "4.82-3ubuntu2.4+esm3",
        "4.82-3ubuntu2.4+esm4",
        "4.82-3ubuntu2.4+esm6",
        "4.82-3ubuntu2.4+esm7",
        "4.82-3ubuntu2.4+esm8",
        "4.82-3ubuntu2.4+esm9"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [],
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  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2014-2957",
  "modified": "2026-06-03T19:32:38Z",
  "published": "2014-09-04T17:55:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-2957"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://lists.exim.org/lurker/message/20140528.122536.a31d60a4.en.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/05/28"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-2957"
    }
  ],
  "related": [],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "negligible",
      "type": "Ubuntu"
    }
  ],
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2014-2957"
  ]
}

CVE-2014-2957 (GCVE-0-2014-2957)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2014-09-04 17:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 10:28

Summary

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

Assigner

certcc

References

3 references

URL	Tags
https://lists.exim.org/lurker/message/20140528.12…	mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://git.exim.org/exim.git/commitdiff/5b7a7c051…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/05/04/7	mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST

Date Public

2014-05-26 00:00

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          {
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            ],
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          },
          {
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            ],
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          },
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            ],
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          }
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          "name": "[exim-announce] 20140528 [exim] Exim 4.82.1 Security Release",
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Sightings

Author	Source	Type	Date	Other

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Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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ubuntu-cve-2014-2957

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

CVE-2014-2957 (GCVE-0-2014-2957)

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