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authorPhil Pennock <pdp@exim.org>2017-05-09 16:00:58 -0400
committerPhil Pennock <pdp@exim.org>2017-05-09 16:00:58 -0400
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Add option commandline_checks_require_admin
May help with scenarios already so broken that bug report 2118 is actually an issue (Wordpress vuln).
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@@ -78,6 +78,14 @@ JH/12 Fix check on SMTP command input synchronisation. Previously there were
or prompt from Exim (running as a server), due to that code's lack of
awareness of the SMTP input buferring.
+PP/04 Add commandline_checks_require_admin option.
+ Exim drops privileges sanely, various checks such as -be aren't a
+ security problem, as long as you trust local users with access to their
+ own account. When invoked by services which pass untrusted data to
+ Exim, this might be an issue. Set this option in main configuration
+ AND make fixes to the calling application, such as using `--` to stop
+ processing options.
+
Exim version 4.89
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