Summary
The remote host is missing an update to exim4
announced via advisory DSA 2566-1.
Solution
https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=DSA%202566-1
Insight
It was discovered that Exim, a mail transport agent, is not properly handling the decoding of DNS records for DKIM. Specifically, crafted records can yield to a heap-based buffer overflow. An attacker can exploit this flaw to execute arbitrary code.
For the stable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in version 4.72-6+squeeze3.
For the testing distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed in version 4.80-5.1.
For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 4.80-5.1.
We recommend that you upgrade your exim4 packages.
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2012-5671 -
CVSS Base Score: 6.8
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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