Remote root vulnerability in Exim

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Dec 10, 2010

[ Thanks to An Anonymous Reader for
this link. ]

“Hi,

“While investigating security break in the network of my
company, I’ve captured (by tcpdump) sequence of successful remote
root attack through Exim. It was Exim from Debian Lenny
(exim4-daemon-light 4.69-9). I didn’t find email of current
maintainer of Exim, so I’ve decided to write to this mailing lists.
I don’t want to publish all details of attack before developers can
investigate and fix vulnerability. So I ask Exim maintainers to
contact me and I will send them complete captured sequence of
attack. Here I can put brief sequence of attack:”


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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