USN-4124-1: Exim vulnerability

Publication date

6 September 2019

Overview

Exim could be made to run programs as an administrator if it received specially crafted network traffic.


Packages

  • exim4 - Exim is a mail transport agent

Details

It was discovered that Exim incorrectly handled certain decoding
operations. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to execute
arbitrary commands.

It was discovered that Exim incorrectly handled certain decoding
operations. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to execute
arbitrary commands.

Update instructions

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:


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