* [gentoo-announce] GLSA: exim (200309-09)
@ 2003-09-15 13:08 99% Daniel Ahlberg
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From: Daniel Ahlberg @ 2003-09-15 13:08 UTC (permalink / raw
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GENTOO LINUX SECURITY ANNOUNCEMENT 200309-09
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PACKAGE : exim
SUMMARY : buffer overflow
DATE : 2003-09-15 13:07 UTC
EXPLOIT : remote
VERSIONS AFFECTED : <exim-4.21
FIXED VERSION : >=exim-4.21
CVE : CAN-2003-0743
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quote from advisory:
"There's a heap overflow in all versions of exim3 and exim4 prior
to version 4.21. It can be exercised by anyone who can make an
SMTP connection to the exim daemon."
read the full advisory at:
http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=vuln-dev&m=106264740820334&w=2
Altough not thought to be exploitable, users are encouraged to upgrade
exim.
SOLUTION
It is recommended that all Gentoo Linux users who are running
net-mail/exim upgrade to exim-4.21 as follows:
emerge sync
emerge exim
emerge clean
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