CVE ID:     CVE-2016-9963
Date:       2016-12-15
Credits:    Bjoern Jacke <bjoern@j3e.de>
Version(s): 4.69 -> 4.87
Issue:      If several conditions are met, Exim leaks private information
            to a remote attacker.

Conditions
==========

If *all* of the following conditions are met

    Build options
    -------------

    * Exim is built with DKIM enabled (default for newer versions)
      exim -bV | grep 'Support.*DKIM'

    Runtime options
    ---------------

    * Exim uses DKIM signing (transport options dkim_private_key,
      dkim_domain, and other)

    * The dkim_private_key option names a file containing the key.

      exim -bP transports | grep 'dkim_private_key = .'

    * Exim uses PRDR (transport option hosts_try_prdr) (default
      since 4.86)

      exim -bP transports | grep 'hosts_try_prdr = .'

      *OR*

      Exim uses the LMTP protocol variant for SMTP transport.

      exim -bP transports | grep 'protocol = lmtp'

    Operation
    ---------

    * Exim transports a multi-recipient message

    * The destination host supports PRDR
      OR
      the message transport uses LMTP

    * One or more recipients are rejected after the DATA phase

Impact
======

Exim leaks the private DKIM signing key to the log files.  Additionally,
if the build option EXPERIMENTAL_DSN_INFO=yes is used, the key material
is included in the bounce message.

Fix
===

Install a fixed Exim version:

    4.88        (available soon)
    4.87.1      (available soon)

If you can't install one of the above versions, ask your package
maintainer for a version containing the backported fix. On request and
depending on our resources we will support you in backporting the fix.
(Please note, that Exim project officially doesn't support versions
prior the current stable version.)

Workaround
==========

Disable PRDR in your outgoing transport(s): set hosts_try_prdr to an
empty string.

AND do not use the LMTP protocol variant of the SMTP driver.

Indication
==========

You can check if you where affected already. The mainlog entries look like this:

2016-12-17 09:44:33 10HmaX-0005vi-00 ** baduser@test.ex R=client T=send_to_server H=ip4.ip4.ip4.ip4 [ip4.ip4.ip4.ip4]: PRDR error after -----BEGIN RSA PRIVATE KEY-----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\nfKQax6vhiMq+0qIiEwLA1wavyLVKZ7Mfag+/4NTcDUVC\n-----END RSA PRIVATE KEY-----\n: 550 PRDR R=<baduser@test.ex> refusal