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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.

PUBLISHED Reserved 2024-07-04 | Published 2024-07-04 | Updated 2025-03-18 | Assigner mitre

References

git.exim.org/...mit/6ce5c70cff8989418e05d01fd2a57703007a6357

git.exim.org/...mit/1b3209b0577a9327ebb076f3b32b8a159c253f7b

github.com/Exim/exim/compare/exim-4.98-RC2...exim-4.98-RC3

www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc2231.txt

bugs.exim.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3099

cve.org (CVE-2024-39929)

nvd.nist.gov (CVE-2024-39929)

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