USN-4124-2: Exim vulnerability
16 September 2019
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.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
Ubuntu 14.04
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
References
Related notices
- USN-4124-1: exim4-dev, exim4, exim4-base, eximon4, exim4-daemon-light, exim4-config, exim4-daemon-heavy