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authorThomas Deutschmann <whissi@gentoo.org>2018-03-06 20:20:20 +0100
committerThomas Deutschmann <whissi@gentoo.org>2018-03-06 20:20:20 +0100
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
+<glsa id="201803-01">
+ <title>Exim: Multiple vulnerabilities</title>
+ <synopsis>Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Exim, the worst of
+ which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.
+ </synopsis>
+ <product type="ebuild">exim</product>
+ <announced>2018-03-06</announced>
+ <revised count="1">2018-03-06</revised>
+ <bug>638772</bug>
+ <bug>647240</bug>
+ <access>remote</access>
+ <affected>
+ <package name="mail-mta/exim" auto="yes" arch="*">
+ <unaffected range="ge">4.90.1</unaffected>
+ <vulnerable range="lt">4.90.1</vulnerable>
+ </package>
+ </affected>
+ <background>
+ <p>Exim is a message transfer agent (MTA) designed to be a a highly
+ configurable, drop-in replacement for sendmail.
+ </p>
+ </background>
+ <description>
+ <p>Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Exim. Please review the
+ CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
+ </p>
+ </description>
+ <impact type="high">
+ <p>A remote attacker, by connecting to the SMTP listener daemon, could
+ possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the process or
+ cause a Denial of Service condition.
+ </p>
+ </impact>
+ <workaround>
+ <p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p>
+ </workaround>
+ <resolution>
+ <p>All Exim users should upgrade to the latest version:</p>
+
+ <code>
+ # emerge --sync
+ # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=mail-mta/exim-4.90.1"
+ </code>
+ </resolution>
+ <references>
+ <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-16943">CVE-2017-16943</uri>
+ <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-16944">CVE-2017-16944</uri>
+ <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-6789">CVE-2018-6789</uri>
+ </references>
+ <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2018-02-07T23:15:48Z">b-man</metadata>
+ <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2018-03-06T19:18:50Z">whissi</metadata>
+</glsa>