Amazon Linux 1 Security Advisory: ALAS-2014-395
Advisory Release Date: 2014-08-21 11:19 Pacific
Advisory Updated Date: 2014-09-19 11:48 Pacific
expand.c in Exim before 4.83 expands mathematical comparisons twice, which allows local users to gain privileges and execute arbitrary commands via a crafted lookup value.
Affected Packages:
exim
Issue Correction:
Run yum update exim to update your system.
i686:
exim-mon-4.72-6.6.amzn1.i686
exim-debuginfo-4.72-6.6.amzn1.i686
exim-mysql-4.72-6.6.amzn1.i686
exim-greylist-4.72-6.6.amzn1.i686
exim-pgsql-4.72-6.6.amzn1.i686
exim-4.72-6.6.amzn1.i686
src:
exim-4.72-6.6.amzn1.src
x86_64:
exim-pgsql-4.72-6.6.amzn1.x86_64
exim-mon-4.72-6.6.amzn1.x86_64
exim-greylist-4.72-6.6.amzn1.x86_64
exim-4.72-6.6.amzn1.x86_64
exim-debuginfo-4.72-6.6.amzn1.x86_64
exim-mysql-4.72-6.6.amzn1.x86_64