Bug 2539414

Summary: CVE-2026-94055 exim: Exim: Use-after-free vulnerability in GnuTLS TLS settings leading to denial of service [fedora-all]
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Reporter: Jon Weiser <jweiser>
Component: eximAssignee: David Woodhouse <dwmw2>
Status: CLOSED ERRATA QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Priority: low    
Version: rawhideCC: bennie.joubert, dwmw2, jskarvad, martin.fraenzl
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Whiteboard: {"flaws": ["9f7ab2fb-2298-4aba-af65-e24fd4db0733"]}
Fixed In Version: exim-4.100.1-1.fc43 exim-4.100.1-1.fc44 exim-4.100.1-1.fc45 Doc Type: ---
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Description Jon Weiser 2026-09-23 13:53:36 UTC
Disclaimer: Community trackers are created by Red Hat Product Security team on a best effort basis. Package maintainers are required to ascertain if the flaw indeed affects their package, before starting the update process.

Exim before 4.100.1, when certain non-default TLS settings are used with GnuTLS, has a use-after-free.

Comment 1 Fedora Update System 2026-10-06 15:23:23 UTC
FEDORA-2026-3f88ddbd83 (exim-4.100.1-1.fc45) has been submitted as an update to Fedora 45.
https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2026-3f88ddbd83

Comment 2 Fedora Update System 2026-10-06 15:37:31 UTC
FEDORA-2026-4f9e436ed5 (exim-4.100.1-1.fc44) has been submitted as an update to Fedora 44.
https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2026-4f9e436ed5

Comment 3 Fedora Update System 2026-10-06 15:39:04 UTC
FEDORA-2026-d202b74c6a (exim-4.100.1-1.fc43) has been submitted as an update to Fedora 43.
https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2026-d202b74c6a

Comment 4 Fedora Update System 2026-10-07 01:59:54 UTC
FEDORA-2026-3f88ddbd83 has been pushed to the Fedora 45 testing repository.
Soon you'll be able to install the update with the following command:
`sudo dnf upgrade --enablerepo=updates-testing --refresh --advisory=FEDORA-2026-3f88ddbd83`
You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2026-3f88ddbd83

See also https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for more information on how to test updates.

Comment 5 Fedora Update System 2026-10-07 02:28:14 UTC
FEDORA-2026-4f9e436ed5 has been pushed to the Fedora 44 testing repository.
Soon you'll be able to install the update with the following command:
`sudo dnf upgrade --enablerepo=updates-testing --refresh --advisory=FEDORA-2026-4f9e436ed5`
You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2026-4f9e436ed5

See also https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for more information on how to test updates.

Comment 6 Fedora Update System 2026-10-07 02:42:13 UTC
FEDORA-2026-d202b74c6a has been pushed to the Fedora 43 testing repository.
Soon you'll be able to install the update with the following command:
`sudo dnf upgrade --enablerepo=updates-testing --refresh --advisory=FEDORA-2026-d202b74c6a`
You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2026-d202b74c6a

See also https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for more information on how to test updates.

Comment 7 Fedora Update System 2026-10-15 01:08:32 UTC
FEDORA-2026-d202b74c6a (exim-4.100.1-1.fc43) has been pushed to the Fedora 43 stable repository.
If problem still persists, please make note of it in this bug report.

Comment 8 Fedora Update System 2026-10-15 01:31:28 UTC
FEDORA-2026-4f9e436ed5 (exim-4.100.1-1.fc44) has been pushed to the Fedora 44 stable repository.
If problem still persists, please make note of it in this bug report.

Comment 9 Fedora Update System 2026-10-31 18:31:13 UTC
FEDORA-2026-3f88ddbd83 (exim-4.100.1-1.fc45) has been pushed to the Fedora 45 stable repository.
If problem still persists, please make note of it in this bug report.