Several security issues were fixed in Exim.. ========================================================================== Ubuntu Security Notice USN-8382-1 June 03, 2026 exim4 vulnerabilities ========================================================================== A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 20.04 LTS - Ubuntu 18.04 LTS - Ubuntu 16.04 LTS - Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Summary: Several security issues were fixed in Exim. Software Description: - exim4: Exim is a mail transport agent Details: Timo Longin discovered that Exim incorrectly handled certain SMTP messages in PIPELINING/CHUNKING configurations. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to perform SMTP smuggling. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. (CVE-2023-51766) It was discovered that Exim incorrectly handled certain malformed JSON data in headers. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to crash Exim, resulting in a denial of service, or execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. (CVE-2026-40685) It was discovered that Exim incorrectly handled certain malformed UTF-8 headers. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to obtain sensitive information. This issue only affected Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. (CVE-2026-40686) It was discovered that Exim incorrectly handled certain SPA resources. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to crash Exim, resulting in a denial of service, or obtain sensitive information. This issue only affected Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. (CVE-2026-40687) It was discovered that Exim incorrectly handled certain CHUNKING transfers in some GnuTLS configurations. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to crash Exim, resulting in a denial of service, or execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. (CVE-2026-45185) Warisjeet Singh discovered that Exim incorrectly handled certain proxy connections in builds with proxy support enabled. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to obtain sensitive information.This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. (CVE-2026-48840) Update instructions: The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 20.04 LTS exim4 4.93-13ubuntu1.12+esm1 Available with Ubuntu Pro exim4-base 4.93-13ubuntu1.12+esm1 Available with Ubuntu Pro exim4-daemon-heavy 4.93-13ubuntu1.12+esm1 Available with Ubuntu Pro exim4-daemon-light 4.93-13ubuntu1.12+esm1 Available with Ubuntu Pro exim4-dev 4.93-13ubuntu1.12+esm1 Available with Ubuntu Pro eximon4 4.93-13ubuntu1.12+esm1 Available with Ubuntu Pro Ubuntu 18.04 LTS exim4 4.90.1-1ubuntu1.10+esm6 Available with Ubuntu Pro exim4-base 4.90.1-1ubuntu1.10+esm6 Available with Ubuntu Pro exim4-daemon-heavy 4.90.1-1ubuntu1.10+esm6 Available with Ubuntu Pro exim4-daemon-light 4.90.1-1ubuntu1.10+esm6 Available with Ubuntu Pro exim4-dev 4.90.1-1ubuntu1.10+esm6 Available with Ubuntu Pro eximon4 4.90.1-1ubuntu1.10+esm6 Available with Ubuntu Pro Ubuntu 16.04 LTS exim4 4.86.2-2ubuntu2.6+esm9 Available with Ubuntu Pro exim4-base 4.86.2-2ubuntu2.6+esm9 Available with Ubuntu Pro exim4-daemon-heavy 4.86.2-2ubuntu2.6+esm9 Available with Ubuntu Pro exim4-daemon-light 4.86.2-2ubuntu2.6+esm9 Available with Ubuntu Pro exim4-dev 4.86.2-2ubuntu2.6+esm9 Available with Ubuntu Pro eximon4 4.86.2-2ubuntu2.6+esm9 Available with Ubuntu Pro Ubuntu 14.04 LTS exim4 4.82-3ubuntu2.4+esm9 Available with Ubuntu Pro exim4-base 4.82-3ubuntu2.4+esm9 Available with Ubuntu Pro exim4-daemon-heavy 4.82-3ubuntu2.4+esm9 Available with Ubuntu Pro exim4-daemon-light 4.82-3ubuntu2.4+esm9 Available with Ubuntu Pro exim4-dev 4.82-3ubuntu2.4+esm9 Available with Ubuntu Pro eximon4 4.82-3ubuntu2.4+esm9 Available with Ubuntu Pro In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes. References: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8382-1 CVE-2023-51766, CVE-2026-40685, CVE-2026-40686, CVE-2026-40687, CVE-2026-45185, CVE-2026-48840 . Multiple security issues in Exim on Ubuntu require attention to prevent remote attacks and potential service disruption.. Exim security, Ubuntu vulnerabilities, mail transport agent, remote access, denial of service. . Severity: Critical. LinuxSecurity.com Team
Fixing CVE-2023-51765 (smtp smuggling) requires to reject email that include NUL bytes, in some configuration. Previous security version of sendmail, by default, does not . - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian LTS Advisory DLA-3829-2
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