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Ubuntu 14.04 ESM: USN-4124-2 Critical Exim Remote Command Execution

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Calendar Grey September 16, 2019
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
The latest patch for Ubuntu 14.04 ESM tackles vulnerabilities in Exim, mitigating risks associated with potential remote command execution.
Exim could be made to run programs as an administrator if it received specially crafted network traffic.

Summary

Exim could be made to run programs as an administrator if it received

specially crafted network traffic.

Software Description:

- exim4: Exim is a mail transport agent

Details:

USN-4124-1 fixed a vulnerability in Exim. This update provides

the corresponding update for Ubuntu 14.04 ESM.

Original advisory details:

It was discovered that Exim incorrectly handled certain decoding

operations. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to execute

arbitrary commands.

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Topics Covered

security advisory exim remote command execution network traffic ubuntu 14.04

Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 14.04 ESM:
  exim4-daemon-heavy              4.82-3ubuntu2.4+esm1
  exim4-daemon-light              4.82-3ubuntu2.4+esm1

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

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4124-2

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4124-1

CVE-2019-15846

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September 16, 2019

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security advisory exim remote command execution network traffic ubuntu 14.04

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