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CentOS 4 : exim (CESA-2005:358)

high Nessus Plugin ID 21927

Synopsis

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

Description

Updated exim packages that fix a security issue in PCRE and a free space computation on large file system bug are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.

This update has been rated as having moderate security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team.

Exim is a mail transport agent (MTA) developed at the University of Cambridge for use on Unix systems connected to the Internet.

An integer overflow flaw was found in PCRE, a Perl-compatible regular expression library included within Exim. A local user could create a maliciously crafted regular expression in such as way that they could gain the privileges of the 'exim' user. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project assigned the name CVE-2005-2491 to this issue. These erratum packages change Exim to use the system PCRE library instead of the internal one.

These packages also fix a minor flaw where the Exim Monitor was incorrectly computing free space on very large file systems.

Users should upgrade to these erratum packages and also ensure they have updated the system PCRE library, for which erratum packages are available separately in RHSA-2005:761

Solution

Update the affected exim packages.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?12f22fc3

http://www.nessus.org/u?cb4e6268

http://www.nessus.org/u?21c6b819

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 21927

File Name: centos_RHSA-2005-358.nasl

Version: 1.17

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/5/2006

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:exim-sa, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:exim, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:exim-mon, cpe:/o:centos:centos:4, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:exim-doc

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/8/2005

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/23/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-2491

BID: 14620

RHSA: 2005:358