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Debian DLA-1274-1 : exim4 security update

critical Nessus Plugin ID 106722

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security update.

Description

Meh Chang discovered a buffer overflow flaw in a utility function used in the SMTP listener of Exim, a mail transport agent. A remote attacker can take advantage of this flaw to cause a denial of service, or potentially the execution of arbitrary code via a specially crafted message.

For Debian 7 'Wheezy', this problem has been fixed in version 4.80-7+deb7u6.

We recommend that you upgrade your exim4 packages.

NOTE: Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the DLA security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

Upgrade the affected packages.

See Also

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/02/msg00009.html

https://packages.debian.org/source/wheezy/exim4

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 106722

File Name: debian_DLA-1274.nasl

Version: 3.13

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/12/2018

Updated: 12/5/2022

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 8.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 9.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:F/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:exim4-daemon-light-dbg, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:exim4, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:exim4-base, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:exim4-dev, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:7.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:exim4-daemon-heavy-dbg, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:exim4-daemon-light, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:exim4-config, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:exim4-dbg, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:eximon4, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:exim4-daemon-heavy

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/10/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/8/2018

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability Due Dates: 5/3/2022

Exploitable With

CANVAS (CANVAS)

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-6789