Exim: Multiple vulnerabilities

Exim: Multiple vulnerabilities Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Exim, the worst of which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code. exim 2018-03-06 2018-03-06 638772 647240 remote 4.90.1 4.90.1

Exim is a message transfer agent (MTA) designed to be a a highly configurable, drop-in replacement for sendmail.

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Exim. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

A remote attacker, by connecting to the SMTP listener daemon, could possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the process or cause a Denial of Service condition.

There is no known workaround at this time.

All Exim users should upgrade to the latest version:


      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=mail-mta/exim-4.90.1"

CVE-2017-16943 CVE-2017-16944 CVE-2018-6789 b-man whissi