Critical severity · published Jan 19, 2022
CVE-2021-33913
libspf2 before 1.2.11 has a heap-based buffer overflow that might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code (via an unauthenticated e-mail message from anywhere on the…
9.8
CVSS
9.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
libspf2 before 1.2.11 has a heap-based buffer overflow that might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code (via an unauthenticated e-mail message from anywhere on the Internet) with a crafted SPF DNS record, because of SPF_record_expand_data in spf_expand.c. The amount of overflowed data depends on the relationship between the length of an entire domain name and the length of its leftmost label. The vulnerable code may be part of the supply chain of a site's e-mail infrastructure (e.g., with additional configuration, Exim can use libspf2; the Postfix web site links to unofficial patches for use of libspf2 with Postfix; older versions of spfquery relied on libspf2) but most often is not.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)9.6% · higher than 95% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
LI
Libspf2 · Libspf2 Project
before 1.2.11 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-33913
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-33913
Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/shevek/libspf2/tree/8131fe140704eaae695e76b5cd09e39bd1dd220b
Mailing List
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/01/msg00015.html
Exploit
https://nathanielbennett.com/blog/libspf2-cve-jan-2022-disclosure
security.gentoo.org
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-22
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