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Debian Security Advisory DSA-4912-1                   security@debian.org
https://www.debian.org/security/                     Salvatore Bonaccorso
May 04, 2021                          https://www.debian.org/security/faq
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Package        : exim4
CVE ID         : CVE-2020-28007 CVE-2020-28008 CVE-2020-28009 CVE-2020-28010
                 CVE-2020-28011 CVE-2020-28012 CVE-2020-28013 CVE-2020-28014
                 CVE-2020-28015 CVE-2020-28017 CVE-2020-28019 CVE-2020-28021
                 CVE-2020-28022 CVE-2020-28023 CVE-2020-28024 CVE-2020-28025
                 CVE-2020-28026

The Qualys Research Labs reported several vulnerabilities in Exim, a
mail transport agent, which could result in local privilege escalation
and remote code execution.

Details can be found in the Qualys advisory at
https://www.qualys.com/2021/05/04/21nails/21nails.txt

For the stable distribution (buster), these problems have been fixed in
version 4.92-8+deb10u6.

We recommend that you upgrade your exim4 packages.

For the detailed security status of exim4 please refer to its security
tracker page at:
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/exim4

Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://www.debian.org/security/

Mailing list: debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org

Debian: DSA-4912-1: exim4 security update

May 4, 2021
The Qualys Research Labs reported several vulnerabilities in Exim, a mail transport agent, which could result in local privilege escalation and remote code execution

Summary

Details can be found in the Qualys advisory at
https://www.qualys.com/2021/05/04/21nails/21nails.txt

For the stable distribution (buster), these problems have been fixed in
version 4.92-8+deb10u6.

We recommend that you upgrade your exim4 packages.

For the detailed security status of exim4 please refer to its security
tracker page at:
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/exim4

Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://www.debian.org/security/

Mailing list: debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org

Severity
The Qualys Research Labs reported several vulnerabilities in Exim, a
mail transport agent, which could result in local privilege escalation
and remote code execution.

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