Author: Cyborg Date: To: exim-users Subject: [exim] auth disclosure on auth rejects in logfiles
Exim: 4.94-1 Fedora 32 Build
Hi,
I just found out that exim logs the authcredentials in case they get
rejected due to bruteforce rules:
2021-01-25 10:15:47 H=<HOSTNAME> (EHLO STRING) [IP ADDRESS]
X=TLS1.3:TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128 CV=no rejected AUTH PLAIN
BASE64STRING : authentication is allowed only once per message in order
to slow down bruteforce cracking
This config part:
acl_check_auth:
drop message = authentication is allowed only once per message in
order \
to slow down bruteforce cracking
set acl_m_auth = ${eval10:0$acl_m_auth+1}
condition = ${if >{$acl_m_auth}{2}}
delay = 22s
I don't see a good reason to print that info into the log, as in the
case I found, the mailclient just made a mistake and it was not an
attacker.