From Thomas Deutschmann@21:1/5 to All on Tue May 4 21:40:01 2021
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Exim. Please review
the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
Impact
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A remote attacker, by connecting to the SMTP listener daemon, could
possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the process or
cause a Denial of Service condition. Furthermore, a local attacker
could perform symlink attacks to overwrite arbitrary files with the
privileges of the user running the application or escalate privileges.
Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.
Resolution
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All Exim users should upgrade to the latest version:
Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.
License
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Copyright 2021 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).
The contents of this document are licensed under the
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