CVE-2024-39929

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

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Description

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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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OS impact

Debian Fixed 5 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
trixie	Fixed	`4.98~RC3-2`
sid	Fixed	`4.98~RC3-2`
forky	Fixed	`4.98~RC3-2`
bullseye	Fixed	`4.94.2-7+deb11u3`
bookworm	Fixed	`4.96-15+deb12u5`

References

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2024-39929

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.