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Ubuntu 16.04 LTS : Exim SpamAssassin vulnerability (USN-4520-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 140659

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-4520-1 advisory.

 It was discovered that Exim SpamAssassin does not properly handle

 configuration strings. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code.
 (CVE-2019-19920)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected sa-exim package.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4520-1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 140659

File Name: ubuntu_USN-4520-1.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/18/2020

Updated: 8/27/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless 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:canonical:ubuntu_linux:sa-exim, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/18/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/22/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-19920

USN: 4520-1