USN-4124-2: Exim vulnerability

Publication date

16 September 2019

Overview

Exim could be made to run programs as an administrator if it received specially crafted network traffic.

Releases


Packages

  • 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.

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.

Update instructions

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

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

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

Ubuntu Release Package Version
14.04 trusty exim4-daemon-light –  4.82-3ubuntu2.4+esm1
exim4-daemon-heavy –  4.82-3ubuntu2.4+esm1

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