Description
Exim NTLM Challenge Out-Of-Bounds Read Information Disclosure Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to disclose sensitive information on affected installations of Exim. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability.

The specific flaw exists within the handling of NTLM challenge requests. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of user-supplied data, which can result in a read past the end of an allocated data structure. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to disclose information in the context of the service account.
. Was ZDI-CAN-17433.
Published: 2024-05-03
Score: 5.3 Medium
EPSS: 26.9% Moderate
KEV: No
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-3599-1 exim4 security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-5512-1 exim4 security update
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6411-1 Exim vulnerabilities
History

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Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 3.7, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N'}

cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N'}


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Description Exim NTLM Challenge Out-Of-Bounds Read Information Disclosure Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to disclose sensitive information on affected installations of Exim. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the handling of NTLM challenge requests. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of user-supplied data, which can result in a read past the end of an allocated data structure. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to disclose information in the context of the service account. Was ZDI-CAN-17433. Exim NTLM Challenge Out-Of-Bounds Read Information Disclosure Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to disclose sensitive information on affected installations of Exim. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the handling of NTLM challenge requests. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of user-supplied data, which can result in a read past the end of an allocated data structure. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to disclose information in the context of the service account. . Was ZDI-CAN-17433.

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: zdi

Published:

Updated: 2025-11-04T19:21:49.317Z

Reserved: 2023-09-06T21:14:24.435Z

Link: CVE-2023-42114

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T19:16:50.504Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2024-05-03T03:15:49.923

Modified: 2026-06-17T06:23:28.937

Link: CVE-2023-42114

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2023-09-27T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2023-42114 - Bugzilla

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