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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.840554
Category:Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Title:Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-1032-1)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the 'exim4' package(s) announced via the USN-1032-1 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the 'exim4' package(s) announced via the USN-1032-1 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
Sergey Kononenko and Eugene Bujak discovered that Exim did not correctly
truncate string expansions. A remote attacker could send specially crafted
email traffic to run arbitrary code as the Exim user, which could also
lead to root privileges.

Affected Software/OS:
'exim4' package(s) on Ubuntu 6.06, Ubuntu 8.04, Ubuntu 9.10.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
9.3

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2010-4344
1024858
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024858
20101213 Exim security issue in historical release
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/515172/100/0/threaded
40019
http://secunia.com/advisories/40019
42576
http://secunia.com/advisories/42576
42586
http://secunia.com/advisories/42586
42587
http://secunia.com/advisories/42587
42589
http://secunia.com/advisories/42589
45308
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45308
69685
http://www.osvdb.org/69685
ADV-2010-3171
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3171
ADV-2010-3172
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3172
ADV-2010-3181
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3181
ADV-2010-3186
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3186
ADV-2010-3204
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3204
ADV-2010-3246
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3246
ADV-2010-3317
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3317
DSA-2131
http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2131
RHSA-2010:0970
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0970.html
SUSE-SA:2010:059
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-12/msg00003.html
USN-1032-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1032-1
VU#682457
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/682457
[exim-dev] 20101207 Remote root vulnerability in Exim
http://www.exim.org/lurker/message/20101207.215955.bb32d4f2.en.html
[exim-dev] 20101210 Re: Remote root vulnerability in Exim
http://lists.exim.org/lurker/message/20101210.164935.385e04d0.en.html
[oss-security] 20101210 Exim remote root
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/10/1
[oss-security] 20210504 21Nails: Multiple vulnerabilities in Exim
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/05/04/7
ftp://ftp.exim.org/pub/exim/ChangeLogs/ChangeLog-4.70
http://atmail.com/blog/2010/atmail-6204-now-available/
http://bugs.exim.org/show_bug.cgi?id=787
http://git.exim.org/exim.git/commit/24c929a27415c7cfc7126c47e4cad39acf3efa6b
http://www.cpanel.net/2010/12/exim-remote-memory-corruption-vulnerability-notification-cve-2010-4344.html
http://www.metasploit.com/modules/exploit/unix/smtp/exim4_string_format
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/12/11/exim_code_execution_peril/
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=661756
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