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  • [SECURITY] [DSA-2131-1] New exim4 packages fix remote code execution (1

    From Stefan Fritsch@1:229/2 to All on Fri Dec 10 16:20:01 2010
    From: [email protected]

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    - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Debian Security Advisory DSA-2131-1 [email protected] http://www.debian.org/security/ Stefan Fritsch December 10, 2010 http://www.debian.org/security/faq
    - ------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Package : exim4
    Vulnerability : arbitrary code execution
    Problem type : remote
    Debian-specific: no
    CVE Id(s) : CVE-2010-4344

    Several vulnerabilities have been found in exim4 that allow a remote
    attacker to execute arbitrary code as root user. Exploits for these
    issues have been seen in the wild.

    This update fixes a memory corruption issue that allows a remote
    attacker to execute arbitrary code as the Debian-exim user
    (CVE-2010-4344).

    A fix for an additional issue that allows the Debian-exim user to
    obtain root privileges (CVE-2010-4345) is currently being checked for compatibility issues. It is not yet included in this upgrade but will
    released soon in an update to this advisory.

    For the stable distribution (lenny), this problem has been fixed in
    version 4.69-9+lenny1.

    This advisory only contains the packages for the alpha, amd64, hppa,
    i386, ia64, powerpc, and s390 architectures. The packages for the
    arm, armel, mips, mipsel, and sparc architectures will be released
    as soon as they are built.

    For the testing distribution (squeeze) and the unstable distribution
    (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 4.70-1.

    We strongly recommend that you upgrade your exim4 packages.

    Upgrade instructions
    - --------------------

    wget url
    will fetch the file for you
    dpkg -i file.deb
    will install the referenced file.

    If you are using the apt-get package manager, use the line for
    sources.list as given below:

    apt-get update
    will update the internal database
    apt-get upgrade
    will install corrected packages

    You may use an automated update by adding the resources from the
    footer to the proper configuration.


    Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 alias lenny (stable)
    - -----------------------------------------

    Stable updates are available for alpha, amd64, hppa, i386, ia64, powerpc, and s390.

    Source archives:

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/exim4/exim4_4.69-9+lenny1.diff.gz
    Size/MD5 checksum: 540338 02b14a5203dad202b090d360b0b2dcc9
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/exim4/exim4_4.69.orig.tar.gz
    Size/MD5 checksum: 1659309 f0176239d54546526f519e266182c019
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/exim4/exim4_4.69-9+lenny1.dsc
    Size/MD5 checksum: 1599 c4dbede4f942a293245a8b0e1345663b

    Architecture independent packages:

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/exim4/exim4-config_4.69-9+lenny1_all.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 347928 2c69c70452196863d68efa0ddaf11899
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/exim4/exim4_4.69-9+lenny1_all.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 7456 34aca3975b72dcef0eff854c55382f99

    alpha architecture (DEC Alpha)

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/exim4/eximon4_4.69-9+lenny1_alpha.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 107042 3c23a5ca361eae84d8206fcbd03be2ac
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/exim4/exim4-dbg_4.69-9+lenny1_alpha.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 268366 61e70a2e40c28490c5439ea574a42a1e
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/exim4/exim4-dev_4.69-9+lenny1_alpha.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 70452 bd403eea6c21a33aabed594970bb7ca0
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/exim4/exim4-daemon-light_4.69-9+lenny1_alpha.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 485246 4b73bb0a4969431ed2e1ba85f29cc33c
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/exim4/exim4-daemon-light-dbg_4.69-9+lenny1_alpha.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 695552 06295b37a3d103ca6d1ca2600278efaa
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/exim4/exim4-daemon-heavy_4.69-9+lenny1_alpha.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 545914 6d0656f5f30bdcf940a0ece3b0e766a6
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/exim4/exim4-base_4.69-9+lenny1_alpha.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 997988 6ef1e3418c34bd8d9754dec44435301f
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/exim4/exim4-daemon-heavy-dbg_4.69-9+lenny1_alpha.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 782276 76b5512c6462f2a6f51c8a47e69732ed

    amd64 architecture (AMD x86_64 (AMD64))

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/exim4/exim4-daemon-light-dbg_4.69-9+lenny1_amd64.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 730276 02b380cb498097cb3ec5181b65379b52
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/exim4/exim4-dbg_4.69-9+lenny1_amd64.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 270376 01b04f5b698a4d037abd7630101ac449
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/exim4/exim4-daemon-light_4.69-9+lenny1_amd64.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 451556 ff86270a77ce1bdf92fdc259eb0215ad
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/exim4/exim4-daemon-heavy-dbg_4.69-9+lenny1_amd64.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 822322 30718293430eb39c6d33a4c9857e4d33
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/exim4/exim4-daemon-heavy_4.69-9+lenny1_amd64.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 503132 4a568aee8ee55837efabe0e721af541f
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/exim4/exim4-base_4.69-9+lenny1_amd64.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 990794 79fb07ee829608b95a2fd362360d14ae
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/exim4/eximon4_4.69-9+lenny1_amd64.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 101578 2093fbcfc7fc0a725e663241459e4d1e
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/exim4/exim4-dev_4.69-9+lenny1_amd64.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 70436 bcd7d1ff8951ba07244caa0093e27bcd

    hppa architecture (HP PA RISC)

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/exim4/exim4-daemon-light_4.69-9+lenny1_hppa.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 459820 47f60e827fbae0082ab858475118c13f
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/exim4/eximon4_4.69-9+lenny1_hppa.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 104404 e698b32f0a154d793d4c15a85844ed94
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/exim4/exim4-dev_4.69-9+lenny1_hppa.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 70432 3b2159106cb03501521f9ea7bc762f13
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/exim4/exim4-daemon-heavy-dbg_4.69-9+lenny1_hppa.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 797562 5df0c0e7b2ac32bd7db5701991d452c0

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