openSUSE 15 Security Update : exim (openSUSE-SU-2023:0304-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 183362

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote openSUSE 15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the openSUSE-SU-2023:0304-1 advisory.

- Improper Neutralization of Special Elements Remote Code Execution Vulnerability [fedora-all] (CVE-2023-42117)

- dnsdb Out-Of-Bounds Read Information Disclosure Vulnerability [fedora-all] (CVE-2023-42119)

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 exim, eximon and / or eximstats-html packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 183362

File Name: openSUSE-2023-0304-1.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 10/19/2023

Updated: 5/3/2024

Supported Sensors: 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: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

Temporal Score: 4.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-42119

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.1

Temporal Score: 7.1

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-42117

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:eximstats-html, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:15.4, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:exim, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:eximon

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/18/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/2/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-42117, CVE-2023-42119

IAVA: 2023-A-0521-S

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