On 12 December 2010 22:04, Adam John Trickett <adam.trick...@iredale.net> wrote: > Hi, > > If you have an exposed server running Exim it's worth checking for updates > after a recent security flaw is being exploited in the wild. > > See Steve's blog for the links and comments. > > http://blog.steve.org.uk/the_remote_root_hole_in_exim4_is_painful.html
Debian security advisory: http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2131 Ubuntu security advisory: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1032-1 It looks like a pretty serious exploit, so if you run Exim, do upgrade ASAP. Anton -- Anton Piatek email: an...@piatek.co.uk blog/photos: http://www.strangeparty.com pgp: [74B1FA37] (http://www.strangeparty.com/anton.asc) fingerprint: 7401 96D3 E037 2F8F 5965 A358 4046 71FD 74B1 FA37 No trees were destroyed in the sending of this message, however, a significant number of electrons were terribly inconvenienced. -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --------------------------------------------------------------
