Tag: exim
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Linux systems affected by ‘GHOST’ vulnerability
Proof-of-concept email gives remote access to Exim mail server. If you administer Linux -based systems, you’d better schedule some time for patching, as a serious buffer overflow vulnerability has been discovered in the glibc library. The vulnerability exists in the gethostbyname() and gethostbyname2() functions, which are used to resolve hostnames – hence any piece of…
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Vulnerabilities could trigger payload in emails upon receiving or opening
Flaws in IBM Notes and Exim/Dovecot easy to mitigate. Two recently discovered vulnerabilities in mail processing software could give an attacker access to a targeted system without the need for any links to be clicked or attachments to be opened. When email security experts talk about “malicious emails”, they usually mean emails with malware attached,…