1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-1032-1

USN-1032-1: Exim vulnerability

Publication date

11 December 2010

Overview

A remote attacker could send crafted email to gain root access.

Releases

Packages

Details

Sergey Kononenko and Eugene Bujak discovered that Exim did not correctly
truncate string expansions. A remote attacker could send specially crafted
email traffic to run arbitrary code as the Exim user, which could also
lead to root privileges.

Sergey Kononenko and Eugene Bujak discovered that Exim did not correctly
truncate string expansions. A remote attacker could send specially crafted
email traffic to run arbitrary code as the Exim user, which could also
lead to root privileges.

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:

Ubuntu Release Package Version
9.10 karmic exim4-daemon-heavy –  4.69-11ubuntu4.1
exim4-daemon-custom –  4.69-11ubuntu4.1
exim4-daemon-light –  4.69-11ubuntu4.1
8.04 hardy exim4-daemon-heavy –  4.69-2ubuntu0.2
exim4-daemon-custom –  4.69-2ubuntu0.2
exim4-daemon-light –  4.69-2ubuntu0.2
6.06 dapper exim4-daemon-heavy –  4.60-3ubuntu3.2
exim4-daemon-custom –  4.60-3ubuntu3.2
exim4-daemon-light –  4.60-3ubuntu3.2

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