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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.127225
Category:General
Title:Exim 4.87 - 4.96 Use After Free Vulnerability
Summary:Exim is prone to a use after free vulnerability.
Description:Summary:
Exim is prone to a use after free vulnerability.

Vulnerability Insight:
The product is prone to a use after free vulnerability in the
Regex Handler component.

Vendor changelog entry:

JH/08 Bug 2915: Fix use-after-free for $regex variables. Previously when more than one message
arrived in a single connection a reference from the earlier message could be re-used. Often a
sigsegv resulted. These variables were introduced in Exim 4.87.

Affected Software/OS:
Exim versions 4.87 through 4.96.

Solution:
Update to version 4.97 or later.

CVSS Score:
7.8

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2022-3559
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WFHLZVHNNO2GWYP5EA4TZQZ5O4GVPARR/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/EIH4W5R7SHTUEQFWWKB4TUO5YFZX64KV/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TMQ6OCKPNPBPSD37YR4FOWV2R54M2UEP/
https://bugs.exim.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2915
https://git.exim.org/exim.git/commit/4e9ed49f8f12eb331b29bd5b6dc3693c520fddc2
https://vuldb.com/?id.211073
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