Bug#316155: Exim4 queue runner loops infinitely on MX without IP address

[Adam D. Barratt]

package exim4-daemon-heavy
tags 316155 - sarge
thanks

On Tue, 2005-06-28 at 22:09 +0200, Stefan Hornburg wrote:
> package: exim4-daemon-heavy
> version: 4.50-5
> severity: important
> tags: sarge

sarge contains 4.50-8

> Note
> 
> This might be critical bug (DoS), please escalate if necessary.
> At least this should be resolved for next Sarge point release.

This bug is not present in the version of exim4 contained in sarge, so
there is nothing to be resolved in sarge

> Justification
> 
> On of my servers Exim4 claimed the CPU on queue running. This problem
> has been described and confirmed on Exim users list:
> 
> http://www.exim.org/mail-archives/exim-users/Week-of-Mon-20050404/msg00071.html
> 
> Removing the patch for #296492 apparently resolved the problem.

Indeed, and this was exactly what was done in 4.50-6, which was uploaded
over two months ago:

   * The upstream fix for #296492 sometimes causes an endless loop.
Update
     patch with correction from Philip's commit, revision 1.10. (mh)

Please upgrade to the version of the packages present in sarge.

Regards,

Adam