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Debian DSA-2566-1 Exim4 Critical Buffer Overflow Remote Threat

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Calendar Grey October 26, 2012
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Enhance the Exim4 software packages to remediate a significant buffer overflow vulnerability related to DNS record processing on Debian operating systems.
It was discovered that Exim, a mail transport agent, is not properly handling the decoding of DNS records for DKIM

Summary

It was discovered that Exim, a mail transport agent, is not properly
handling the decoding of DNS records for DKIM. Specifically, crafted
records can yield to a heap-based buffer overflow. An attacker can
exploit this flaw to execute arbitrary code.

For the stable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in
version 4.72-6+squeeze3.

For the testing distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed in
version 4.80-5.1.

For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in
version 4.80-5.1.


We recommend that you upgrade your exim4 packages.

Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: http://www.debian.org/security/




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Package: exim4
CVE ID: CVE-2012-5671

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