3 Six 0day exploits were filed against Exim.
5 None of these issues is related to transport security (TLS) being
8 * 3 of them are related to SPA/NTLM, and EXTERNAL auth. If you do not
9 use SPA/NTLM, or EXTERNAL authentication, you're not affected. These
12 * One issue is related to data received from a proxy-protocol proxy. If
13 you do not use a proxy in front of Exim, you're not affected. If your
14 proxy is trustworthy, you're not affected. We're working on a fix.
16 * One is related to libspf2. If you do not use the `spf` lookup type or
17 the `spf` ACL condition, you are not affected.
19 * The last one is related to DNS lookups. If you use a trustworthy
20 resolver (which does validation of the data it receives), you're not
21 affected. We're working on a fix.
25 - 2023-10-03 12:00 UTC
26 - The available fixes are published.
27 - A security release exim-4.96.1 is published.
28 - The major distributions follow.
30 More patches will follow (coordinated with the major distros) as soon as
37 - spa-auth-fixes (based on the current master) [commit IDs: 7bb5bc2c6 0519dcfb5 e17b8b0f1 04107e98d]
38 - exim-4.96+security (based on exim-4.96) [gpg signed]
39 - exim-4.96.1+fixes (based on exim-4.96.1 with the fixes from exim-4.96+fixes) [gpg signed]
41 - exim-4.96.1 [gpg signed]
43 - tarballs for exim-4.96.1: https://ftp.exim.org/pub/exim/exim4/ [gpg signed]
45 GPG signatures are made by me (hs@schlittermann.de, or Jeremy Harris
52 ZDI-23-1468 | ZDI-CAN-17433 | CVE-2023-42114 | Exim bug 3001
53 ------------------------------------------------------------
54 Subject: NTLM Challenge Out-Of-Bounds Read
56 Mitigation: Do not use SPA (NTLM) authentication
58 Fixed: 04107e98d, 4.96.1, 4.97
60 ZDI-23-1469 | ZDI-CAN-17434 | CVE-2023-42115 | Exim bug 2999
61 ------------------------------------------------------------
62 Subject: AUTH Out-Of-Bounds Write
64 Mitigation: Do not offer EXTERNAL authentication.
65 Subsystem: EXTERNAL auth
66 Fixed: 7bb5bc2c6, 4.96.1, 4.97
68 ZDI-23-1470 | ZDI-CAN-17515 | CVE-2023-42116 | Exim bug 3000
69 ------------------------------------------------------------
70 Subject: SMTP Challenge Stack-based Buffer Overflow
72 Mitigation: Do not use SPA (NTLM) authentication
74 Fixed: e17b8b0f1, 4.96.1, 4.97
76 ZDI-23-1471 | ZDI-CAN-17554 | CVE-2023-42117 | Exim Bug 3031
77 -------------------------------------------------------------
78 Subject: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements
80 Mitigation: Do not use Exim behind an untrusted proxy-protocol proxy
81 Subsystem: proxy protocol (not socks!)
84 ZDI-23-1472 | ZDI-CAN-17578 | CVE-2023-42118 | Exim Bug 3032
85 ------------------------------------------------------------
86 Subject: libspf2 Integer Underflow
88 Mitigation: Do not use the `spf` condition in your ACL
90 Remark: It is debatable if this should be filed against
91 libspf2. There are hints (simon, #Exim IRC) that this
93 https://github.com/shevek/libspf2/pull/44
95 ZDI-23-1473 | ZDI-CAN-17643 | CVE-2023-42119 | Exim Bug 3033
96 ------------------------------------------------------------
97 Subject: dnsdb Out-Of-Bounds Read
99 Mitigation: Use a trustworthy DNS resolver which is able to
100 validate the data according to the DNS record types.
101 Subsystem: dns lookups
103 Remark: It is still under consideration.