Fedora 37 : exim (2022-90e08c08e6)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 211164

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Fedora 37 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2022-90e08c08e6 advisory.

Fixed use after free in dmarc_dns_lookup (CVE-2022-3620).

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Fixed use after free in regex handler.

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This is an update fixing tainted search query is not properly quoted for greylisting.

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: 211164

File Name: fedora_2022-90e08c08e6.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Fedora Local Security Checks

Published: 11/14/2024

Updated: 11/14/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-3620

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

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:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:exim, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:37

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/1/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/25/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-3559, CVE-2022-3620

FEDORA: 2022-90e08c08e6

IAVA: 2022-A-0338-S

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