Debian DLA-2062-1 : sa-exim security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 132759

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security update.

Description

It was found that sa-exim, the SpamAssassin filter for Exim, allows attackers to execute arbitrary code if users are allowed to run custom rules. A similar issue was fixed in spamassassin, CVE-2018-11805, which caused a functional regression in sa-exim. This update restores the compatibility between spamassassin and sa-exim. The security implications of sa-exim's greylisting function are also documented in /usr/share/doc/sa-exim/README.greylisting.gz.

For Debian 8 'Jessie', this problem has been fixed in version 4.2.1-14+deb8u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your sa-exim 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 sa-exim package.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 132759

File Name: debian_DLA-2062.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 1/10/2020

Updated: 4/1/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9

Temporal Score: 6.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-19920

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:sa-exim, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:8.0

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/9/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/22/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-19920

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