A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 22.04 LTS Summary: USN-6455-1 introduced a regression in Exim Software Description: - exim4: Exim is a mail transport agent Details: USN-6455-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Exim. The fix for CVE-2023-42117 introduced a regression on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS that resulted in certain connections logging a Taint mismatch error. This update fixes the problem. We apologize for the inconvenience. Original advisory details: It was discovered that Exim incorrectly handled validation of user-supplied data, which could lead to memory corruption. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2023-42117) It was discovered that Exim incorrectly handled validation of user-supplied data, which could lead to an out-of-bounds read. An attacker could possibly use this issue to expose sensitive information. (CVE-2023-42119)
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 22.04 LTS exim4 4.95-4ubuntu2.10 exim4-daemon-heavy 4.95-4ubuntu2.10 exim4-daemon-light 4.95-4ubuntu2.10 In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6455-2
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6455-1
https://launchpad.net/bugs/2152830
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/exim4/4.95-4ubuntu2.10
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