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Medium · 5.6 CVE-2022-3620 EUVD-2022-42980GHSA-jcq6-47h7-2c66

Exim DMARC dmarc.c dmarc_dns_lookup use after free

Published Oct 20, 2022 · Updated Apr 15, 2025 · Assigned by VulDB

Description

A vulnerability was found in Exim and classified as problematic. This issue affects the function dmarc_dns_lookup of the file dmarc.c of the component DMARC Handler. The manipulation leads to use after free. The attack may be initiated remotely. The name of the patch is 12fb3842f81bcbd4a4519d5728f2d7e0e3ca1445. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue. The associated identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-211919.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
— Exim — —

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 exim4 4.96-7 —
Debian 13 exim4 4.96-7 —
Debian 12 exim4 4.96-7 —

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