USN-3499-1: Exim vulnerability

Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3499-1

29th 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 version:

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: http://ift.tt/17VXqjU.

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

References

CVE-2017-16944

from Ubuntu Security Notices http://ift.tt/2Ao0mea