Ubuntu alert USN-4934-2 (exim4)

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"Leonidas S. Barbosa" <leo.barbosa@canonical.com>
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ubuntu-security-announce@lists.ubuntu.com
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[USN-4934-2] Exim vulnerabilities
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Thu, 06 May 2021 08:58:09 -0300
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<20210506115809.GA1496970@d4rkl41n>
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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4934-2
May 06, 2021

exim4 vulnerabilities
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 16.04 ESM
- Ubuntu 14.04 ESM

Summary:

Several security issues were fixed in Exim.

Software Description:
- exim4: Exim is a mail transport agent

Details:

USN-4934-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in Exim. This update provides
the corresponding update for Ubuntu 14.04 ESM and Ubuntu 16.04 ESM.
CVE-2020-28026 only affected Ubuntu 16.04 ESM.

Original advisory details:

 It was discovered that Exim contained multiple security issues. An attacker
 could use these issues to cause a denial of service, execute arbitrary
 code remotely, obtain sensitive information, or escalate local privileges.

Update instructions:

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 16.04 ESM:
  exim4-base                      4.86.2-2ubuntu2.6+esm1
  exim4-daemon-heavy              4.86.2-2ubuntu2.6+esm1
  exim4-daemon-light              4.86.2-2ubuntu2.6+esm1

Ubuntu 14.04 ESM:
  exim4-base                      4.82-3ubuntu2.4+esm3
  exim4-daemon-heavy              4.82-3ubuntu2.4+esm3
  exim4-daemon-light              4.82-3ubuntu2.4+esm3

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

References:
  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4934-2
  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4934-1
  CVE-2020-28007, CVE-2020-28008, CVE-2020-28009, CVE-2020-28011,
  CVE-2020-28012, CVE-2020-28013, CVE-2020-28014, CVE-2020-28015,
  CVE-2020-28016, CVE-2020-28017, CVE-2020-28020, CVE-2020-28022,
  CVE-2020-28024, CVE-2020-28025, CVE-2020-28026, CVE-2021-27216
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