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  "details": "The receive_msg function in receive.c in the SMTP daemon in Exim 4.88 and 4.89 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and stack exhaustion) via vectors involving BDAT commands and an improper check for a '.' character signifying the end of the content, related to the bdat_getc function.",
  "id": "ALPINE-CVE-2017-16944",
  "modified": "2026-11-03T06:17:55.360372226Z",
  "published": "2017-11-25T17:29:00.307Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2017-16944"
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  "severity": [
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      "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
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  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2017-16944"
  ]
}