Re: [BSA-135] Security Update for exim4
Derek Manuel <[email protected]> Mon, 1 Jun 2026 10:35:10 -0500
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--0000000000004989f8065332f1ce Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Unsubscribe On Sat, May 30, 2026 at 9:39=E2=80=AFAM Andreas Metzler <[email protected]= g> wrote: > Andreas Metzler uploaded new packages for exim4 which fixed the > following security problems: > > CVE-2026-48840 > PROXYv2 parser: reject PROXY frames whose declared payload > length is too short for the claimed address family (12 bytes for > TCPv4/0x11, 36 bytes for TCPv6/0x21). Previously a frame with > family=3D0x21 and len=3D0 caused 16 bytes of uninitialized stack to be > formatted as the sender's IPv6 address and disclosed in the SMTP > greeting banner. Affects configurations with SUPPORT_PROXY and > `hosts_proxy` set. Reported by Warisjeet Singh (sin99xx). > EXIM-Security-2026-05-19.1 > > For the trixie-backports distribution the problem has been fixed in > version 4.99.3-2~bpo13+1. > --0000000000004989f8065332f1ce Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"ltr">Unsubscribe</div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote gmail_quote= _container"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Sat, May 30, 2026 at 9= :39=E2=80=AFAM Andreas Metzler <<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]">a= [email protected]</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote= " style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);= padding-left:1ex">Andreas Metzler uploaded new packages for exim4 which fix= ed the<br> following security problems:<br> <br> CVE-2026-48840<br> =C2=A0 PROXYv2 parser: reject PROXY frames whose declared payload<br> =C2=A0 length is too short for the claimed address family (12 bytes for<br> =C2=A0 TCPv4/0x11, 36 bytes for TCPv6/0x21).=C2=A0 Previously a frame with<= br> =C2=A0 family=3D0x21 and len=3D0 caused 16 bytes of uninitialized stack to = be<br> =C2=A0 formatted as the sender's IPv6 address and disclosed in the SMTP= <br> =C2=A0 greeting banner.=C2=A0 Affects configurations with SUPPORT_PROXY and= <br> =C2=A0 `hosts_proxy` set.=C2=A0 Reported by Warisjeet Singh (sin99xx).<br> =C2=A0 EXIM-Security-2026-05-19.1<br> <br> For the trixie-backports distribution the problem has been fixed in<br> version 4.99.3-2~bpo13+1.<br> </blockquote></div> --0000000000004989f8065332f1ce--