exim4 vulnerability

Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2017-16944  

Exim could be made to crash if it received specially crafted network traffic.

It was discovered that Exim incorrectly handled certain BDAT data headers. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Exim to crash, resulting in a denial of service.

29 November 2017

exim4 vulnerability

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

  • Ubuntu 17.10
  • Ubuntu 17.04

Summary

Exim could be made to crash if it received specially crafted network traffic.

Software Description

  • exim4 - Exim is a mail transport agent

Details

It was discovered that Exim incorrectly handled certain BDAT data headers. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Exim to crash, resulting in a denial of service.

Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 17.10
exim4-daemon-heavy - 4.89-5ubuntu1.2
exim4-daemon-light - 4.89-5ubuntu1.2
Ubuntu 17.04
exim4-daemon-heavy - 4.88-5ubuntu1.3
exim4-daemon-light - 4.88-5ubuntu1.3

To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References