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Amazon Linux AMI : exim (ALAS-2024-1908)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 189390

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Synopsis

The remote Amazon Linux AMI host is missing a security update.

Description

The version of exim installed on the remote host is prior to 4.92-1.40. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS-2024-1908 advisory.

 - Exim before 4.97.1 allows SMTP smuggling in certain PIPELINING/CHUNKING configurations. 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 Exim supports <LF>.<CR><LF> but some other popular e-mail servers do not. (CVE-2023-51766)

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

Solution

Run 'yum update exim' to update your system.

See Also

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/ALAS-2024-1908.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2023-51766.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/faqs.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 189390

File Name: ala_ALAS-2024-1908.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/23/2024

Updated: 7/19/2024

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Nessus Agent, 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-2023-51766

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:amazon:linux:exim, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:exim-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:exim-pgsql, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:exim-mon, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:exim-greylist, cpe:/o:amazon:linux, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:exim-mysql

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/19/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/24/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-51766

IAVA: 2024-A-0002-S