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Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200501-23 (exim)
Information
Severity
Severity
Family
Family
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
Solution Type
Solution Type
Created
Created
Modified
Modified
Summary
The remote host is missing updates announced in advisory GLSA 200501-23.
Insight
Insight
Buffer overflow vulnerabilities, which could lead to arbitrary code execution, have been found in the handling of IPv6 addresses as well as in the SPA authentication mechanism in Exim.
Solution
Solution
All Exim users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=mail-mta/exim-4.43-r2' http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=GLSA%20200501-23 http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=76893 http://www.exim.org/mail-archives/exim-announce/2005/msg00000.html