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Fedora 29 : exim (2019-ae361e20c2)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 128577

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

This is an update fixing CVE-2019-15846.

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Solution

Update the affected exim package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2019-ae361e20c2

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 128577

File Name: fedora_2019-ae361e20c2.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/9/2019

Updated: 4/26/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-15846

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

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:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:exim, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:29

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/8/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/6/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-15846