Fedora 40 : exim (2023-0abcfebecd)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 194566

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Fedora 40 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2023-0abcfebecd advisory.

Automatic update for exim-4.96.1-1.fc40.

##### **Changelog**

```
* Mon Oct 2 2023 Jaroslav karvada <[email protected]> - 4.96.1-1
- New version Resolves: rhbz#2241735 Resolves: rhbz#2241538 Resolves: rhbz#2241539 Resolves: rhbz#2241525 Resolves: rhbz#2241527 Resolves: rhbz#2241528 Resolves: rhbz#2241529 Resolves: rhbz#2241531 Resolves: rhbz#2241532 Resolves: rhbz#2241542 Resolves: rhbz#2241544

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Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora 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 exim package.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 194566

File Name: fedora_2023-0abcfebecd.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Fedora Local Security Checks

Published: 4/29/2024

Updated: 11/14/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-42116

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-42115

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:40, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:exim

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/2/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/2/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-42114, CVE-2023-42115, CVE-2023-42116, CVE-2023-42117, CVE-2023-42119

FEDORA: 2023-0abcfebecd

IAVA: 2023-A-0521-S

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