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author | Heiko Schlittermann (HS12-RIPE) <hs@schlittermann.de> | 2016-12-17 18:15:35 +0100 |
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committer | Jeremy Harris <jgh@wizmail.org> | 2016-12-18 14:02:28 +0000 |
commit | 57091745e6d5ce4259c645b3ac63838668d55b7f (patch) | |
tree | ff71252688c48b390e78fcdb275c87f677fd64b0 /doc | |
parent | 87cb4a166c47b57df48c2918e47801d77639fbb0 (diff) |
Doc: short description of CVE-2016-9963exim-4_88
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diff --git a/doc/doc-txt/cve-2016-9663 b/doc/doc-txt/cve-2016-9663 new file mode 100644 index 000000000..ae85a73cb --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/doc-txt/cve-2016-9663 @@ -0,0 +1,86 @@ +CVE ID: CVE-2016-9963 +Date: 2016-12-15 +Credits: Bjoern Jacke <bjoern@j3e.de> +Version(s): 4.69 -> 4.87 +Issue: If several conditions are met, Exim leaks private information + to a remote attacker. + +Conditions +========== + +If *all* of the following conditions are met + + Build options + ------------- + + * Exim is built with DKIM enabled (default for newer versions) + exim -bV | grep 'Support.*DKIM' + + Runtime options + --------------- + + * Exim uses DKIM signing (transport options dkim_private_key, + dkim_domain, and other) + + * The dkim_private_key option names a file containing the key. + + exim -bP transports | grep 'dkim_private_key = .' + + * Exim uses PRDR (transport option hosts_try_prdr) (default + since 4.86) + + exim -bP transports | grep 'hosts_try_prdr = .' + + *OR* + + Exim uses the LMTP protocol variant for SMTP transport. + + exim -bP transports | grep 'protocol = lmtp' + + Operation + --------- + + * Exim transports a multi-recipient message + + * The destination host supports PRDR + OR + the message transport uses LMTP + + * One or more recipients are rejected after the DATA phase + +Impact +====== + +Exim leaks the private DKIM signing key to the log files. Additionally, +if the build option EXPERIMENTAL_DSN_INFO=yes is used, the key material +is included in the bounce message. + +Fix +=== + +Install a fixed Exim version: + + 4.88 (available soon) + 4.87.1 (available soon) + +If you can't install one of the above versions, ask your package +maintainer for a version containing the backported fix. On request and +depending on our resources we will support you in backporting the fix. +(Please note, that Exim project officially doesn't support versions +prior the current stable version.) + +Workaround +========== + +Disable PRDR in your outgoing transport(s): set hosts_try_prdr to an +empty string. + +AND do not use the LMTP protocol variant of the SMTP driver. + +Indication +========== + +You can check if you where affected already. The mainlog entries look like this: + +2016-12-17 09:44:33 10HmaX-0005vi-00 ** baduser@test.ex R=client T=send_to_server H=ip4.ip4.ip4.ip4 [ip4.ip4.ip4.ip4]: PRDR error after -----BEGIN RSA PRIVATE KEY-----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\nfKQax6vhiMq+0qIiEwLA1wavyLVKZ7Mfag+/4NTcDUVC\n-----END RSA PRIVATE KEY-----\n: 550 PRDR R=<baduser@test.ex> refusal + |