Subject: Re: bug#66304: exim vulnearable to CVE-2023-42115 et al

From: John Kehayias <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 06 Oct 2023 21:14:05 +0000

Hello,

On Thu, Oct 05, 2023 at 05:25 PM, Wilko Meyer wrote:

>     * gnu/packages/mail.scm (exim): Update to 4.96.1.
> ---
>  gnu/packages/mail.scm | 5 +++--
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/gnu/packages/mail.scm b/gnu/packages/mail.scm
> index 72d971eb77..e6923627f4 100644
> --- a/gnu/packages/mail.scm
> +++ b/gnu/packages/mail.scm
> @@ -52,6 +52,7 @@
>  ;;; Copyright © 2022 jgart <[email-masked]>
>  ;;; Copyright © 2022 ( <[email-masked]>
>  ;;; Copyright © 2023 Timo Wilken <[email-masked]>
> +;;; Copyright © 2023 Wilko Meyer <[email-masked]>
>  ;;;
>  ;;; This file is part of GNU Guix.
>  ;;;
> @@ -1895,7 +1896,7 @@ (define-public msmtp
>  (define-public exim
>    (package
>      (name "exim")
> -    (version "4.96")
> +    (version "4.96.1")
>      (source
>       (origin
>         (method url-fetch)
> @@ -1909,7 +1910,7 @@ (define-public exim
>                      (string-append "https://ftp.exim.org/pub/exim/exim4/old/"
>                                     file-name))))
>         (sha256
> -        (base32 "18ziihkpa23lybm7m2l9wp2farxw0bd5ng7xm9ylgcrfgf95d6i9"))))
> +        (base32 "0g83cxkq3znh5b3r2a3990qxysw7d2l71jwcxaxzvq8pqdahgb4k"))))
>      (build-system gnu-build-system)
>      (arguments
>       (list #:phases
>
> base-commit: ad5e4fe54a66c725dc03dedebf8e5c65723ccb74
> prerequisite-patch-id: 5bde835de1e0f7e9cd752986da0585463713d745
> prerequisite-patch-id: cda50d13de497f5c74c87b2def4ae6a7d5807305
> prerequisite-patch-id: 7024afc52961b5947429f925c55265f29607c801
> prerequisite-patch-id: 10a4f92340880065a5210c983cc878c98c075855
> prerequisite-patch-id: e6610085f98fb881bada0bb27b59def23c3d7cc3

Thanks for the patch and quickly noticing the security issues!

Pushed as add2a22ad7bcca2521432e3f486460138401d5a5 with some added
detail to the commit message. I tested that exim and a dependent builds.

John