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Exim 4.76 fixes a remote security hole

Exim 4.76 fixes a remote security hole

[Security] Posted May 8, 2011 14:49 UTC (Sun) by corbet

The Exim mail transfer agent suffers from a remotely exploitable format string vulnerability; the 4.76 release contains a fix. "CVE-2011-1764: a format string attack in logging DKIM information from an inbound mail may permit anyone who can send you email to cause code to be executed as the Exim run-time user. No exploit is known to exist, but we do not believe that an experienced attacker would find the exploit hard to construct." Debian has an update available; others are certainly coming.

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