Please update to 4.88, fix CVE-2016-9963

Bug #1654750 reported by Andreas Metzler
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exim4 (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

Please sync from Debian, upgrading to 4.88. 4.87 is vulnerable to CVE-2016-9963.

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Christian Ehrhardt  (paelzer) wrote :

FYI - merge for zesty in progress - thanks for the Info.
Subscribing the security Team for their consideration on security SRU updates.

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package exim4 - 4.88-5ubuntu1

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exim4 (4.88-5ubuntu1) zesty; urgency=medium

  * Merge from Debian unstable.
    Version 4.88 fixes CVE-2016-9963 (LP: #1654750) and symlink
    local root escalation (LP: #1580454)
    Remaining changes:
    + Show Ubuntu distribution in SMTP banner.
    + Build-Depends on lsb-release (needed for the Ubuntu SMTP banner patch)

 -- Christian Ehrhardt <email address hidden> Tue, 24 Jan 2017 10:15:09 +0100

Changed in exim4 (Ubuntu):
status: New → Fix Released
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