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CBL Mariner 2.0 Security Update: postfix (CVE-2023-51764)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 189277

Synopsis

The remote CBL Mariner host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The version of postfix installed on the remote CBL Mariner 2.0 host is prior to tested version. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the CVE-2023-51764 advisory.

 - Postfix through 3.8.5 allows SMTP smuggling unless configured with smtpd_data_restrictions=reject_unauth_pipelining and smtpd_discard_ehlo_keywords=chunking (or certain other options that exist in recent versions). Remote attackers can use a published exploitation technique to inject e-mail messages with a spoofed MAIL FROM address, allowing bypass of an SPF protection mechanism. This occurs because Postfix supports <LF>.<CR><LF> but some other popular e-mail servers do not. To prevent attack variants (by always disallowing <LF> without <CR>), a different solution is required, such as the smtpd_forbid_bare_newline=yes option with a Postfix minimum version of 3.5.23, 3.6.13, 3.7.9, 3.8.4, or 3.9. (CVE-2023-51764)

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.

See Also

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-51764

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 189277

File Name: mariner_postfix_CVE-2023-51764.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Published: 1/22/2024

Updated: 7/3/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-51764

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:microsoft:cbl-mariner:postfix-debuginfo, x-cpe:/o:microsoft:cbl-mariner, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:cbl-mariner:postfix-mysql, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:cbl-mariner:postfix-ldap, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:cbl-mariner:postfix-pgsql, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:cbl-mariner:postfix-pcre, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:cbl-mariner:postfix-sqlite, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:cbl-mariner:postfix-lmdb, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:cbl-mariner:postfix, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:cbl-mariner:postfix-perl-scripts, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:cbl-mariner:postfix-cdb

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/9/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/24/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-51764