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Unscored USN-6455-2 0 CVEs

exim4 regression

Published Jun 10, 2026 · Updated Jun 10, 2026

Summary

USN-6455-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Exim. The fix for CVE-2023-42117
introduced a regression on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS that resulted in certain
connections logging a Taint mismatch error. This update fixes the problem.

We apologize for the inconvenience.

Original advisory details:

It was discovered that Exim incorrectly handled validation of user-supplied
data, which could lead to memory corruption. A remote attacker could
possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2023-42117)

It was discovered that Exim incorrectly handled validation of user-supplied
data, which could lead to an out-of-bounds read. An attacker could possibly
use this issue to expose sensitive information. (CVE-2023-42119)

Fixed packages 1

ReleasePackageFixed in
Ubuntu · 22.04 LTS 22.04:LTS exim4 4.95-4ubuntu2.10

References

  • report
    https://launchpad.net/bugs/2152830