Re: [Exim] ANNOUNCE: exiscan-4.30-16

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Autor: Tom Kistner
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Dla: Torsten Luettgert
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Torsten Luettgert wrote:


>>     - Fix: only feed files called "winmail.dat" to the TNEF
>>       decoder. It seems it likes to crash on some arbitrary
>>       files (Which is a bug in itself, but I don't feel like
>>       debugging the mess which is tnef.c and tnef.h. And
>>       I don't feel like writing my own TNEF support either.).

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> So that means that I'm vulnerable to server crashes by evil
> folks sending me carefully crafted attachments called
> 'winmail.dat'?


Yes. Although only the exim child process handling that particular
connection would die (yes, over and over again). I have currently no
idea if that bug is "exploitable" in any way. The new default config in
-16 does not use "demime" any more, also meaning that is does not unpack
TNEF by default. With the MIME ACL, you can feed individual files to
external decompressors. There is a commandline tnef unpacker available
somewhere.

I am not comfortable with the TNEF support in general. The code has been
lifted straight out of a Microsoft SDK, with some modifications, first
by Paul L. Daniels and then by me. It is the only code in the exiscan
patch not written from scratch by me.

Conclusion: If you are paranoid, use the new MIME ACL instead of
"demime". :)

regards,

/tom