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metapackage to ease Exim MTA (v4) installation

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general
  • source: exim4 (main)
  • version: 4.97~RC1-2
  • maintainer: Exim4 Maintainers (archive) (DMD)
  • uploaders: Marc Haber [DMD] – Andreas Metzler [DMD]
  • arch: all any
  • std-ver: 4.6.2
  • VCS: Git (Browse, QA)
versions [more versions can be listed by madison] [old versions available from snapshot.debian.org]
[pool directory]
  • o-o-stable: 4.92-8+deb10u6
  • o-o-sec: 4.92-8+deb10u8
  • o-o-bpo: 4.94.2-7~bpo10+1
  • oldstable: 4.94.2-7
  • old-sec: 4.94.2-7+deb11u1
  • old-bpo: 4.96-15~bpo11+1
  • stable: 4.96-15+deb12u1
  • stable-sec: 4.96-15+deb12u2
  • testing: 4.97~RC1-2
  • unstable: 4.97~RC1-2
versioned links
  • 4.92-8+deb10u6: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
  • 4.92-8+deb10u8: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
  • 4.94.2-7~bpo10+1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
  • 4.94.2-7: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
  • 4.94.2-7+deb11u1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
  • 4.96-15~bpo11+1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
  • 4.96-15+deb12u1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
  • 4.96-15+deb12u2: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
  • 4.97~RC1-2: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
binaries
  • exim4 (66 bugs: 0, 37, 29, 0)
  • exim4-base (17 bugs: 1, 9, 7, 0)
  • exim4-config (67 bugs: 0, 27, 40, 0)
  • exim4-daemon-heavy (14 bugs: 0, 8, 6, 0)
  • exim4-daemon-light (3 bugs: 0, 2, 1, 0)
  • exim4-dev
  • eximon4
action needed
2 security issues in trixie high

There are 2 open security issues in trixie.

2 important issues:
  • CVE-2023-42117:
  • CVE-2023-42119:
Created: 2023-09-28 Last update: 2023-10-05 11:24
2 security issues in sid high

There are 2 open security issues in sid.

2 important issues:
  • CVE-2023-42117:
  • CVE-2023-42119:
Created: 2023-09-28 Last update: 2023-10-05 11:24
lintian reports 1 error and 5 warnings high
Lintian reports 1 error and 5 warnings about this package. You should make the package lintian clean getting rid of them.
Created: 2023-09-10 Last update: 2023-09-10 23:02
1 bug tagged help in the BTS normal
The BTS contains 1 bug tagged help, please consider helping the maintainer in dealing with it.
Created: 2019-03-21 Last update: 2023-10-08 02:31
13 bugs tagged patch in the BTS normal
The BTS contains patches fixing 13 bugs (14 if counting merged bugs), consider including or untagging them.
Created: 2023-09-13 Last update: 2023-10-08 02:31
Depends on packages which need a new maintainer normal
The packages that exim4 depends on which need a new maintainer are:
  • docbook-xml (#802368)
    • Build-Depends: docbook-xml
  • docbook-xsl (#802370)
    • Build-Depends: docbook-xsl
Created: 2023-09-01 Last update: 2023-10-08 02:21
Does not build reproducibly during testing normal
A package building reproducibly enables third parties to verify that the source matches the distributed binaries. It has been identified that this source package produced different results, failed to build or had other issues in a test environment. Please read about how to improve the situation!
Created: 2023-10-05 Last update: 2023-10-07 22:00
4 low-priority security issues in bullseye low

There are 4 open security issues in bullseye.

4 issues left for the package maintainer to handle:
  • CVE-2022-3559: (needs triaging) A vulnerability was found in Exim and classified as problematic. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Regex Handler. The manipulation leads to use after free. The name of the patch is 4e9ed49f8f12eb331b29bd5b6dc3693c520fddc2. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue. The identifier VDB-211073 was assigned to this vulnerability.
  • CVE-2021-38371: (needs triaging) The STARTTLS feature in Exim through 4.94.2 allows response injection (buffering) during MTA SMTP sending.
  • CVE-2023-42117: (needs triaging)
  • CVE-2023-42119: (needs triaging)

You can find information about how to handle these issues in the security team's documentation.

Created: 2022-07-04 Last update: 2023-10-05 11:24
2 low-priority security issues in bookworm low

There are 2 open security issues in bookworm.

2 issues left for the package maintainer to handle:
  • CVE-2023-42117: (needs triaging)
  • CVE-2023-42119: (needs triaging)

You can find information about how to handle these issues in the security team's documentation.

Created: 2023-09-28 Last update: 2023-10-05 11:24
debian/patches: 4 patches to forward upstream low

Among the 13 debian patches available in version 4.97~RC1-2 of the package, we noticed the following issues:

  • 4 patches where the metadata indicates that the patch has not yet been forwarded upstream. You should either forward the patch upstream or update the metadata to document its real status.
Created: 2023-10-02 Last update: 2023-10-02 18:42
Build log checks report 1 warning low
Build log checks report 1 warning
Created: 2017-10-26 Last update: 2022-12-20 05:00
testing migrations
  • This package will soon be part of the auto-openldap transition. You might want to ensure that your package is ready for it. You can probably find supplementary information in the debian-release archives or in the corresponding release.debian.org bug.
  • This package will soon be part of the auto-perl transition. You might want to ensure that your package is ready for it. You can probably find supplementary information in the debian-release archives or in the corresponding release.debian.org bug.
news
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  • [2023-10-07] Accepted exim4 4.94.2-7+deb11u1 (source) into oldstable-proposed-updates (Debian FTP Masters) (signed by: Salvatore Bonaccorso)
  • [2023-10-07] Accepted exim4 4.96-15+deb12u2 (source) into proposed-updates (Debian FTP Masters) (signed by: Salvatore Bonaccorso)
  • [2023-10-06] exim4 4.97~RC1-2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2023-10-06] exim4 4.97~RC1-2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2023-10-02] Accepted exim4 4.92-8+deb10u8 (source) into oldoldstable (Markus Koschany)
  • [2023-10-02] Accepted exim4 4.96-15+deb12u2 (source) into stable-security (Debian FTP Masters) (signed by: Salvatore Bonaccorso)
  • [2023-10-02] Accepted exim4 4.94.2-7+deb11u1 (source) into oldstable-security (Debian FTP Masters) (signed by: Salvatore Bonaccorso)
  • [2023-10-02] Accepted exim4 4.97~RC1-2 (source) into unstable (Andreas Metzler)
  • [2023-09-30] Accepted exim4 4.97~RC1-1 (source) into unstable (Andreas Metzler)
  • [2023-09-22] exim4 4.97~RC0-3 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2023-09-19] Accepted exim4 4.97~RC0-3 (source) into unstable (Andreas Metzler)
  • [2023-09-17] exim4 4.97~RC0-2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2023-09-10] Accepted exim4 4.97~RC0-2 (source) into unstable (Andreas Metzler)
  • [2023-09-10] exim4 4.96-22 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2023-09-09] Accepted exim4 4.97~RC0-1 (source) into experimental (Andreas Metzler)
  • [2023-09-02] Accepted exim4 4.96-22 (source) into unstable (Andreas Metzler)
  • [2023-09-02] Accepted exim4 4.96-21 (source) into unstable (Andreas Metzler)
  • [2023-08-17] exim4 4.96-19 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2023-08-16] Accepted exim4 4.96-20 (source) into experimental (Andreas Metzler)
  • [2023-08-12] Accepted exim4 4.96-19 (source) into unstable (Andreas Metzler)
  • [2023-08-08] exim4 4.96-18 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2023-08-06] Accepted exim4 4.96-18 (source) into unstable (Andreas Metzler)
  • [2023-08-06] exim4 4.96-17 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2023-07-29] Accepted exim4 4.96-17 (source) into unstable (Andreas Metzler)
  • [2023-07-08] Accepted exim4 4.96-15+deb12u1 (source) into proposed-updates (Debian FTP Masters) (signed by: Andreas Metzler)
  • [2023-06-17] exim4 4.96-16 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2023-06-11] Accepted exim4 4.96-16 (source) into unstable (Andreas Metzler)
  • [2023-05-18] Accepted exim4 4.96-15~bpo11+1 (source) into bullseye-backports (Andreas Metzler)
  • [2023-05-18] exim4 4.96-15 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2023-05-10] Accepted exim4 4.96-15 (source) into unstable (Andreas Metzler)
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bugs [bug history graph]
  • all: 168 170
  • RC: 1
  • I&N: 84 86
  • M&W: 83
  • F&P: 0
  • patch: 13 14
  • help: 1
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  • version: 4.96-17ubuntu2
  • 17 bugs
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