DSA-4687-1 exim4 -- security update

Debian Security Advisory

DSA-4687-1 exim4 -- security update

Date Reported:

16 May 2020

Affected Packages:

exim4

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2020-12783.

More information:

It was discovered that exim4, a mail transport agent, suffers from a authentication bypass vulnerability in the spa authentication driver. The spa authentication driver is not enabled by default.

For the oldstable distribution (stretch), this problem has been fixed in version 4.89-2+deb9u7.

For the stable distribution (buster), this problem has been fixed in version 4.92-8+deb10u4.

We recommend that you upgrade your exim4 packages.

For the detailed security status of exim4 please refer to its security tracker page at: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/exim4