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openSUSE Security Update : exim (openSUSE-2018-170)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 106888

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

This update for exim fixes the following issues :

 - CVE-2018-6789: Fixed a buffer overflow in the base64decode function, which could be used to execute code remotely. (boo#1079832)

Solution

Update the affected exim packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1079832

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 106888

File Name: openSUSE-2018-170.nasl

Version: 3.11

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/20/2018

Updated: 12/5/2022

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, 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:novell:opensuse:exim, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:eximon, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:eximstats-html, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:exim-debuginfo, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:42.3, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:exim-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:eximon-debuginfo

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/19/2018

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