Debian Security Advisory

DLA-1001-1 exim4 -- LTS security update

Date Reported:

25 Jun 2017

Affected Packages:

exim4

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2017-1000369.

More information:

Exim supports the use of multiple "-p" command line arguments which are malloc()'ed and never free()'ed, used in conjunction with other issues allows attackers to cause arbitrary code execution.

For Debian 7 Wheezy, these problems have been fixed in version 4.80-7+deb7u5.

We recommend that you upgrade your exim4 packages.

Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS