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Debian Security Advisory DSA 3888-1 (exim4 - security update)
Information
Severity
Severity
Family
Family
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
Solution Type
Solution Type
Created
Created
Modified
Modified
Summary
The Qualys Research Labs discovered a memory leak in the Exim mail transport agent. This is not a security vulnerability in Exim by itself, but can be used to exploit a vulnerability in stack handling.
Affected Software
Affected Software
exim4 on Debian Linux
Detection Method
Detection Method
This check tests the installed software version using the apt package manager.
Solution
Solution
For the oldstable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in version 4.84.2-2+deb8u4. For the stable distribution (stretch), this problem has been fixed in version 4.89-2+deb9u1. For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem will be fixed soon. We recommend that you upgrade your exim4 packages.