Fedora 12 : exim-4.72-1.fc12 (2010-9506)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 47538

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

This update fixes the following security flaws: * CVE-2010-2023 exim:
hard-link following vulnerability in mailbox handling * CVE-2010-2024 exim: race condition when MBX locking is enabled

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

Update the affected exim package.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 47538

File Name: fedora_2010-9506.nasl

Version: 1.12

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Fedora Local Security Checks

Published: 7/1/2010

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.8

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.4

Temporal Score: 3.3

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:exim, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:12

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/4/2010

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2010-2023, CVE-2010-2024

BID: 40451, 40454

FEDORA: 2010-9506

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