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Gentoo: GLSA-201401-32 High: Exim Risks Of Remote Code Execution

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Calendar Grey January 27, 2014
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Critical-level Gentoo advisory GLSA 202301-15 related to Postfix security flaws and patching guidelines.
Multiple vulnerabilities were found in Exim, the worst of which leading to remote execution of arbitrary code with root privileges.

Summary

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Exim. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

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Topics Covered

security advisory high severity gentoo software update exim remote execution arbitrary code

Resolution

All Exim users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=mail-mta/exim-4.80.1"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2010-2023 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2010-2023 [ 2 ] CVE-2010-2024 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2010-2024 [ 3 ] CVE-2010-4344 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2010-4344 [ 4 ] CVE-2010-4345 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2010-4345 [ 5 ] CVE-2011-0017 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2011-0017 [ 6 ] CVE-2011-1407 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2011-1407 [ 7 ] CVE-2011-1764 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2011-1764 [ 8 ] CVE-2012-5671 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-5671

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201401-32
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Concerns

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.

Severity: High
Title: Exim: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: January 27, 2014
Bugs: #322665, #348249, #353352, #366369, #439734
ID: 201401-32

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Topics Covered

security advisory high severity gentoo software update exim remote execution arbitrary code

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities were found in Exim, the worst of which leading to remote execution of arbitrary code with root privileges.

Background

Exim is a highly configurable, drop-in replacement for sendmail.

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Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 mail-mta/exim < 4.80.1 >= 4.80.1

Impact

===== A remote attacker could possibly execute arbitrary code with the root privileges, or cause a Denial of Service condition.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.