GNU socialhttps://nu.federati.net/api/statusnet/conversation/2525186.atomConversation2024-03-29T11:54:30+00:00tag:nu.federati.net,2021-05-05:noticeId=3365268:objectType=notelnxw48a1 repeated a notice by geniusmusingRT @<a href="https://nu.federati.net/user/16" class="h-card u-url p-nickname mention" title="GeniusMusing">geniusmusing</a> 21Nails vulnerabilities impact 60% of the internet's email servers The Record by Recorded Future<br /> <a href="https://therecord.media/21nails-vulnerabilities-impact-60-of-the-internets-email-servers/" title="https://therecord.media/21nails-vulnerabilities-impact-60-of-the-internets-email-servers/" rel="nofollow external noreferrer" class="attachment thumbnail" id="attachment-280987">https://therecord.media/21nails-vulnerabilities-impact-60-of-the-internets-email-servers/</a><br /> <br /> <br /> >The maintainers of the Exim email server software have released updates today to patch a collection of 21 vulnerabilities that can allow threat actors to take over servers using both local and remote attack vectors.<br /> <br /> ><br /> <br /> >Known as 21Nails, the vulnerabilities were discovered by security firm Qualys.<br /> <br /> ><br /> <br /> >The bugs impact Exim, a type of email server known as a mail transfer agent (MTA) that helps email traffic travel across the internet and reach its intended destinations.<br /> <br /> ><br /> <br /> >While there are different MTA clients available, an April 2021 survey shows that Exim has a market share of nearly 60% among all MTA solutions, being widely adopted around the internet.<br /> <br /> ><br /> <br /> >The 21Nails vulnerabilities, if left unpatched, could allow threat actors to take over these systems and then intercept or tamper with email communications passing through the Exim server.<br /> <br /> >All Exim versions released since 2004 are impacted<br /> <br /> >...<br /> <br /> <br /> Update now!http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/share2021-05-05T01:47:15+00:002021-05-05T01:47:15+00:00http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/personhttps://nu.federati.net/user/2lnxw48a1Main account. A GNU+Linux bearing nomad migrating across a Windows-centric desert. I save the world from incompetent headquarters IT folks. I invite comment and discussion, but I dislike arguing .lnxw48a1LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}Main account. A GNU+Linux bearing nomad migrating across a Windows-centric desert. I save the world from incompetent headquarters IT folks. I invite comment and discussion, but I dislike arguing .{58024A03-1021-499E-B14D-DF4537889BF8}http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/activitytag:nu.federati.net,2021-05-05:noticeId=3365264:objectType=note21Nails vulnerabilities impact 60% of the internet's email servers The Record by Recorded Future<br /><a href="https://therecord.media/21nails-vulnerabilities-impact-60-of-the-internets-email-servers/" title="https://therecord.media/21nails-vulnerabilities-impact-60-of-the-internets-email-servers/" rel="nofollow noreferrer" class="attachment">https://therecord.media/21nails-vulnerabilities-impact-60-of-the-internets-email-servers/</a><br /><br /> >The maintainers of the Exim email server software have released updates today to patch a collection of 21 vulnerabilities that can allow threat actors to take over servers using both local and remote attack vectors.<br /> ><br /> >Known as 21Nails, the vulnerabilities were discovered by security firm Qualys.<br /> ><br /> >The bugs impact Exim, a type of email server known as a mail transfer agent (MTA) that helps email traffic travel across the internet and reach its intended destinations.<br /> ><br /> >While there are different MTA clients available, an April 2021 survey shows that Exim has a market share of nearly 60% among all MTA solutions, being widely adopted around the internet.<br /> ><br /> >The 21Nails vulnerabilities, if left unpatched, could allow threat actors to take over these systems and then intercept or tamper with email communications passing through the Exim server.<br /> >All Exim versions released since 2004 are impacted<br /> >...<br /><br /> Update now!http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post2021-05-05T01:14:48+00:002021-05-05T01:14:48+00:00http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/personhttps://nu.federati.net/user/16geniusmusingAKA Wile E. 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Coyote, Inventor, Maker, Programmer, Writer and Super Genius.Pacific Northwesthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/notetag:nu.federati.net,2021-05-05:noticeId=3365264:objectType=noteNew note by geniusmusing21Nails vulnerabilities impact 60% of the internet's email servers The Record by Recorded Future<br /><a href="https://therecord.media/21nails-vulnerabilities-impact-60-of-the-internets-email-servers/" title="https://therecord.media/21nails-vulnerabilities-impact-60-of-the-internets-email-servers/" rel="nofollow noreferrer" class="attachment">https://therecord.media/21nails-vulnerabilities-impact-60-of-the-internets-email-servers/</a><br /><br /> >The maintainers of the Exim email server software have released updates today to patch a collection of 21 vulnerabilities that can allow threat actors to take over servers using both local and remote attack vectors.<br /> ><br /> >Known as 21Nails, the vulnerabilities were discovered by security firm Qualys.<br /> ><br /> >The bugs impact Exim, a type of email server known as a mail transfer agent (MTA) that helps email traffic travel across the internet and reach its intended destinations.<br /> ><br /> >While there are different MTA clients available, an April 2021 survey shows that Exim has a market share of nearly 60% among all MTA solutions, being widely adopted around the internet.<br /> ><br /> >The 21Nails vulnerabilities, if left unpatched, could allow threat actors to take over these systems and then intercept or tamper with email communications passing through the Exim server.<br /> >All Exim versions released since 2004 are impacted<br /> >...<br /><br /> Update now!3365264tag:nu.federati.net,2021-05-05:objectType=thread:nonce=e2244396a69b8c68tag:nu.federati.net,2021-05-05:objectType=thread:nonce=e2244396a69b8c68http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/commenttag:nu.federati.net,2021-05-05:noticeId=3365267:objectType=commentNew comment by lnxw48a1@<a href="https://nu.federati.net/user/16" class="h-card u-url p-nickname mention" title="GeniusMusing">geniusmusing</a> I think a lot of Linux desktops use a cut-down Exim so they can send logs and error messages to root without having any capacity to reach the general Internet. Though they’re probably not likely to be targeted, the bugs may still exist. <br /> <br /> #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/timetoupdate" rel="tag">Time_to_update</a></span> all your *nix systems.3365267http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post2021-05-05T01:47:09+00:002021-05-05T01:47:09+00:00http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/personhttps://nu.federati.net/user/2lnxw48a1Main account. A GNU+Linux bearing nomad migrating across a Windows-centric desert. I save the world from incompetent headquarters IT folks. I invite comment and discussion, but I dislike arguing .lnxw48a1LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}Main account. A GNU+Linux bearing nomad migrating across a Windows-centric desert. I save the world from incompetent headquarters IT folks. I invite comment and discussion, but I dislike arguing .{58024A03-1021-499E-B14D-DF4537889BF8}tag:nu.federati.net,2021-05-05:objectType=thread:nonce=e2244396a69b8c68http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/notetag:nu.federati.net,2021-05-05:noticeId=3365264:objectType=noteNew note by geniusmusing21Nails vulnerabilities impact 60% of the internet's email servers The Record by Recorded Future<br /><a href="https://therecord.media/21nails-vulnerabilities-impact-60-of-the-internets-email-servers/" title="https://therecord.media/21nails-vulnerabilities-impact-60-of-the-internets-email-servers/" rel="nofollow noreferrer" class="attachment">https://therecord.media/21nails-vulnerabilities-impact-60-of-the-internets-email-servers/</a><br /><br /> >The maintainers of the Exim email server software have released updates today to patch a collection of 21 vulnerabilities that can allow threat actors to take over servers using both local and remote attack vectors.<br /> ><br /> >Known as 21Nails, the vulnerabilities were discovered by security firm Qualys.<br /> ><br /> >The bugs impact Exim, a type of email server known as a mail transfer agent (MTA) that helps email traffic travel across the internet and reach its intended destinations.<br /> ><br /> >While there are different MTA clients available, an April 2021 survey shows that Exim has a market share of nearly 60% among all MTA solutions, being widely adopted around the internet.<br /> ><br /> >The 21Nails vulnerabilities, if left unpatched, could allow threat actors to take over these systems and then intercept or tamper with email communications passing through the Exim server.<br /> >All Exim versions released since 2004 are impacted<br /> >...<br /><br /> Update now!3365264http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post2021-05-05T01:14:48+00:002021-05-05T01:14:48+00:00http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/personhttps://nu.federati.net/user/16geniusmusingAKA Wile E. 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