Ubuntu 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS : Exim vulnerabilities (USN-4934-1)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 149253

Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-4934-1 advisory.

It was discovered that Exim contained multiple security issues. An attacker could use these issues to cause a denial of service, execute arbitrary code remotely, obtain sensitive information, or escalate local privileges.

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

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

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4934-1

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 149253

File Name: ubuntu_USN-4934-1.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/4/2021

Updated: 8/27/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.3

Temporal Score: 7.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-28026

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:canonical:ubuntu_linux:exim4-dev, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:exim4-daemon-heavy, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:exim4-config, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:exim4, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:eximon4, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:exim4-daemon-light, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:exim4-base

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/4/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/4/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-28007, CVE-2020-28008, CVE-2020-28009, CVE-2020-28010, CVE-2020-28011, CVE-2020-28012, CVE-2020-28013, CVE-2020-28014, CVE-2020-28015, CVE-2020-28016, CVE-2020-28017, CVE-2020-28018, CVE-2020-28019, CVE-2020-28020, CVE-2020-28021, CVE-2020-28022, CVE-2020-28023, CVE-2020-28024, CVE-2020-28025, CVE-2020-28026, CVE-2021-27216

IAVA: 2021-A-0216-S

USN: 4934-1