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