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Ubuntu 19.04 : Exim vulnerability (USN-4141-1)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 129466

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

It was discovered that Exim incorrectly handled certain string operations. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause Exim to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.

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Solution

Update the affected exim4-daemon-heavy and / or exim4-daemon-light packages.

See Also

https://usn.ubuntu.com/4141-1/

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 129466

File Name: ubuntu_USN-4141-1.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/30/2019

Updated: 5/11/2023

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-16928

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 9.4

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:H/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:19.04, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:exim4-daemon-light, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:exim4-daemon-heavy

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/28/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/27/2019

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability Due Dates: 3/17/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-16928

USN: 4141-1