Ubuntu 18.04 LTS : OpenDMARC vulnerability (USN-4567-1)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 141183

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 18.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-4567-1 advisory.

It was discovered that OpenDMARC is prone to a signature-bypass vulnerability with multiple From:
addresses. An attacker could use it to bypass spam and abuse filters.

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 packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 141183

File Name: ubuntu_USN-4567-1.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Ubuntu Local Security Checks

Published: 10/5/2020

Updated: 8/27/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-16378

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

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:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libopendmarc2, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:rddmarc, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:opendmarc, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libopendmarc-dev

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/5/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/17/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-16378

USN: 4567-1

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