4 There is a buffer overflow in an utility function, if some pre-conditions
5 are met. Using a handcrafted message, remote code execution seems to be
8 A patch exists already and is being tested.
10 Currently we're unsure about the severity, we *believe*, an exploit
11 is difficult. A mitigation isn't known.
15 * t0: Distros will get access to our non-public security git repo
16 (based on the SSH keys known to us)
18 ssh://git@exim.org/exim.git tag: exim-4_90_1
19 ssh://git@exim.org/exim-packages.git tag: exim-4_90_1
21 * t0 +7d: Patch will be published on the official public git repo
27 * 2018-02-05 Report from Meh Chang <meh@devco.re> via exim-security mailing list
28 * 2018-02-06 Request CVE on https://cveform.mitre.org/ (heiko)
30 * 2018-02-07 Announcement to the public via exim-users, exim-maintainers
31 mailing lists and on oss-security mailing list
32 * 2018-02-08 16:50 Grant restricted access to the security repo for
36 * 2018-02-15 16:50 Grant public access to the our official git repo.