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Fedora 13 : exim-4.72-1.fc13 (2010-9524)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 47540
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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.See Also
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=600093
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 47540
File Name: fedora_2010-9524.nasl
Version: 1.12
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Fedora Local Security Checks
Published: 7/1/2010
Updated: 1/11/2021
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, 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: cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:13, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:exim
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
FEDORA: 2010-9524