DEBIAN-CVE-2024-39929

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2024-39929
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2024-39929.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2024-39929
Upstream
Published
2024-07-04T15:15:10Z
Modified
2025-10-10T19:30:51.964613Z
Severity
  • 5.4 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

Exim through 4.97.1 misparses a multiline RFC 2231 header filename, and thus remote attackers can bypass a $mime_filename extension-blocking protection mechanism, and potentially deliver executable attachments to the mailboxes of end users.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / exim4

Package

Name
exim4
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/exim4?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
4.94.2-7+deb11u3

Affected versions

4.*

4.94.2-7
4.94.2-7+deb11u1
4.94.2-7+deb11u2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:12 / exim4

Package

Name
exim4
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/exim4?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
4.96-15+deb12u5

Affected versions

4.*

4.96-15
4.96-15+deb12u1
4.96-15+deb12u2
4.96-15+deb12u3
4.96-15+deb12u4

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:13 / exim4

Package

Name
exim4
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/exim4?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
4.98~RC3-2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:14 / exim4

Package

Name
exim4
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/exim4?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
4.98~RC3-2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}