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Red Hat alert RHSA-2011:0153-01 (exim)

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Subject:  [RHSA-2011:0153-01] Moderate: exim security update
Date:  Mon, 17 Jan 2011 13:40:21 -0500
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 ===================================================================== Red Hat Security Advisory Synopsis: Moderate: exim security update Advisory ID: RHSA-2011:0153-01 Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Advisory URL: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-0153.html Issue date: 2011-01-17 CVE Names: CVE-2010-4345 ===================================================================== 1. Summary: Updated exim packages that fix one security issue are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 and 5. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having moderate security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available from the CVE link in the References section. 2. Relevant releases/architectures: Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) - i386, ia64, ppc, s390x, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 - i386, ia64, ppc, s390, s390x, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) - i386, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 - i386, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 - i386, ia64, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 - i386, ia64, x86_64 3. Description: Exim is a mail transport agent (MTA) developed at the University of Cambridge for use on UNIX systems connected to the Internet. A privilege escalation flaw was discovered in Exim. If an attacker were able to gain access to the "exim" user, they could cause Exim to execute arbitrary commands as the root user. (CVE-2010-4345) This update adds a new configuration file, "/etc/exim/trusted-configs". To prevent Exim from running arbitrary commands as root, Exim will now drop privileges when run with a configuration file not listed as trusted. This could break backwards compatibility with some Exim configurations, as the trusted-configs file only trusts "/etc/exim/exim.conf" and "/etc/exim/exim4.conf" by default. If you are using a configuration file not listed in the new trusted-configs file, you will need to add it manually. Additionally, Exim will no longer allow a user to execute exim as root with the -D command line option to override macro definitions. All macro definitions that require root permissions must now reside in a trusted configuration file. Users of Exim are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a backported patch to correct this issue. After installing this update, the exim daemon will be restarted automatically. 4. Solution: Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied. This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/docs/DOC-11259 5. Bugs fixed (http://bugzilla.redhat.com/): 662012 - CVE-2010-4345 exim privilege escalation 6. Package List: Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4: Source: ftp://updates.redhat.com/enterprise/4AS/en/os/SRPMS/exim-... i386: exim-4.43-1.RHEL4.5.el4_8.3.i386.rpm exim-debuginfo-4.43-1.RHEL4.5.el4_8.3.i386.rpm exim-doc-4.43-1.RHEL4.5.el4_8.3.i386.rpm exim-mon-4.43-1.RHEL4.5.el4_8.3.i386.rpm exim-sa-4.43-1.RHEL4.5.el4_8.3.i386.rpm ia64: exim-4.43-1.RHEL4.5.el4_8.3.ia64.rpm exim-debuginfo-4.43-1.RHEL4.5.el4_8.3.ia64.rpm exim-doc-4.43-1.RHEL4.5.el4_8.3.ia64.rpm exim-mon-4.43-1.RHEL4.5.el4_8.3.ia64.rpm exim-sa-4.43-1.RHEL4.5.el4_8.3.ia64.rpm ppc: exim-4.43-1.RHEL4.5.el4_8.3.ppc.rpm exim-debuginfo-4.43-1.RHEL4.5.el4_8.3.ppc.rpm exim-doc-4.43-1.RHEL4.5.el4_8.3.ppc.rpm exim-mon-4.43-1.RHEL4.5.el4_8.3.ppc.rpm exim-sa-4.43-1.RHEL4.5.el4_8.3.ppc.rpm s390: exim-4.43-1.RHEL4.5.el4_8.3.s390.rpm exim-debuginfo-4.43-1.RHEL4.5.el4_8.3.s390.rpm exim-doc-4.43-1.RHEL4.5.el4_8.3.s390.rpm exim-mon-4.43-1.RHEL4.5.el4_8.3.s390.rpm exim-sa-4.43-1.RHEL4.5.el4_8.3.s390.rpm s390x: exim-4.43-1.RHEL4.5.el4_8.3.s390x.rpm exim-debuginfo-4.43-1.RHEL4.5.el4_8.3.s390x.rpm exim-doc-4.43-1.RHEL4.5.el4_8.3.s390x.rpm exim-mon-4.43-1.RHEL4.5.el4_8.3.s390x.rpm exim-sa-4.43-1.RHEL4.5.el4_8.3.s390x.rpm x86_64: exim-4.43-1.RHEL4.5.el4_8.3.x86_64.rpm exim-debuginfo-4.43-1.RHEL4.5.el4_8.3.x86_64.rpm exim-doc-4.43-1.RHEL4.5.el4_8.3.x86_64.rpm exim-mon-4.43-1.RHEL4.5.el4_8.3.x86_64.rpm exim-sa-4.43-1.RHEL4.5.el4_8.3.x86_64.rpm Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4: Source: ftp://updates.redhat.com/enterprise/4Desktop/en/os/SRPMS/... i386: exim-4.43-1.RHEL4.5.el4_8.3.i386.rpm exim-debuginfo-4.43-1.RHEL4.5.el4_8.3.i386.rpm exim-doc-4.43-1.RHEL4.5.el4_8.3.i386.rpm exim-mon-4.43-1.RHEL4.5.el4_8.3.i386.rpm exim-sa-4.43-1.RHEL4.5.el4_8.3.i386.rpm x86_64: exim-4.43-1.RHEL4.5.el4_8.3.x86_64.rpm exim-debuginfo-4.43-1.RHEL4.5.el4_8.3.x86_64.rpm exim-doc-4.43-1.RHEL4.5.el4_8.3.x86_64.rpm exim-mon-4.43-1.RHEL4.5.el4_8.3.x86_64.rpm exim-sa-4.43-1.RHEL4.5.el4_8.3.x86_64.rpm Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4: Source: ftp://updates.redhat.com/enterprise/4ES/en/os/SRPMS/exim-... i386: exim-4.43-1.RHEL4.5.el4_8.3.i386.rpm exim-debuginfo-4.43-1.RHEL4.5.el4_8.3.i386.rpm exim-doc-4.43-1.RHEL4.5.el4_8.3.i386.rpm exim-mon-4.43-1.RHEL4.5.el4_8.3.i386.rpm exim-sa-4.43-1.RHEL4.5.el4_8.3.i386.rpm ia64: exim-4.43-1.RHEL4.5.el4_8.3.ia64.rpm exim-debuginfo-4.43-1.RHEL4.5.el4_8.3.ia64.rpm exim-doc-4.43-1.RHEL4.5.el4_8.3.ia64.rpm exim-mon-4.43-1.RHEL4.5.el4_8.3.ia64.rpm exim-sa-4.43-1.RHEL4.5.el4_8.3.ia64.rpm x86_64: exim-4.43-1.RHEL4.5.el4_8.3.x86_64.rpm exim-debuginfo-4.43-1.RHEL4.5.el4_8.3.x86_64.rpm exim-doc-4.43-1.RHEL4.5.el4_8.3.x86_64.rpm exim-mon-4.43-1.RHEL4.5.el4_8.3.x86_64.rpm exim-sa-4.43-1.RHEL4.5.el4_8.3.x86_64.rpm Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4: Source: ftp://updates.redhat.com/enterprise/4WS/en/os/SRPMS/exim-... i386: exim-4.43-1.RHEL4.5.el4_8.3.i386.rpm exim-debuginfo-4.43-1.RHEL4.5.el4_8.3.i386.rpm exim-doc-4.43-1.RHEL4.5.el4_8.3.i386.rpm exim-mon-4.43-1.RHEL4.5.el4_8.3.i386.rpm exim-sa-4.43-1.RHEL4.5.el4_8.3.i386.rpm ia64: exim-4.43-1.RHEL4.5.el4_8.3.ia64.rpm exim-debuginfo-4.43-1.RHEL4.5.el4_8.3.ia64.rpm exim-doc-4.43-1.RHEL4.5.el4_8.3.ia64.rpm exim-mon-4.43-1.RHEL4.5.el4_8.3.ia64.rpm exim-sa-4.43-1.RHEL4.5.el4_8.3.ia64.rpm x86_64: exim-4.43-1.RHEL4.5.el4_8.3.x86_64.rpm exim-debuginfo-4.43-1.RHEL4.5.el4_8.3.x86_64.rpm exim-doc-4.43-1.RHEL4.5.el4_8.3.x86_64.rpm exim-mon-4.43-1.RHEL4.5.el4_8.3.x86_64.rpm exim-sa-4.43-1.RHEL4.5.el4_8.3.x86_64.rpm Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client): Source: ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/5Client/... i386: exim-4.63-5.el5_6.2.i386.rpm exim-debuginfo-4.63-5.el5_6.2.i386.rpm exim-mon-4.63-5.el5_6.2.i386.rpm exim-sa-4.63-5.el5_6.2.i386.rpm x86_64: exim-4.63-5.el5_6.2.x86_64.rpm exim-debuginfo-4.63-5.el5_6.2.x86_64.rpm exim-mon-4.63-5.el5_6.2.x86_64.rpm exim-sa-4.63-5.el5_6.2.x86_64.rpm Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server): Source: ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/5Server/... i386: exim-4.63-5.el5_6.2.i386.rpm exim-debuginfo-4.63-5.el5_6.2.i386.rpm exim-mon-4.63-5.el5_6.2.i386.rpm exim-sa-4.63-5.el5_6.2.i386.rpm ia64: exim-4.63-5.el5_6.2.ia64.rpm exim-debuginfo-4.63-5.el5_6.2.ia64.rpm exim-mon-4.63-5.el5_6.2.ia64.rpm exim-sa-4.63-5.el5_6.2.ia64.rpm ppc: exim-4.63-5.el5_6.2.ppc.rpm exim-debuginfo-4.63-5.el5_6.2.ppc.rpm exim-mon-4.63-5.el5_6.2.ppc.rpm exim-sa-4.63-5.el5_6.2.ppc.rpm s390x: exim-4.63-5.el5_6.2.s390x.rpm exim-debuginfo-4.63-5.el5_6.2.s390x.rpm exim-mon-4.63-5.el5_6.2.s390x.rpm exim-sa-4.63-5.el5_6.2.s390x.rpm x86_64: exim-4.63-5.el5_6.2.x86_64.rpm exim-debuginfo-4.63-5.el5_6.2.x86_64.rpm exim-mon-4.63-5.el5_6.2.x86_64.rpm exim-sa-4.63-5.el5_6.2.x86_64.rpm These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key and details on how to verify the signature are available from https://access.redhat.com/security/team/key/#package 7. References: https://www.redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2010-4345.html https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification... 8. Contact: The Red Hat security contact is <secalert@redhat.com>. More contact details at https://www.redhat.com/security/team/contact/ Copyright 2011 Red Hat, Inc. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFNNIzyXlSAg2UNWIIRAsu1AJwMszLDkFQwpwa/yL4LtJ2Wyt5tgwCgtcNK lKnIVz/svffRBXU4Ydae2/I= =eyjY -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- Enterprise-watch-list mailing list Enterprise-watch-list@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/enterprise-watch-...


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