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Oracle Linux 5 : exim (ELSA-2011-0153)

high Nessus Plugin ID 68180

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Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 5 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2011-0153 advisory.

 [4.63-5.el5_6.2]
 - fix privilege escalation (CVE-2010-4345, #662012)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected exim, exim-mon and / or exim-sa packages.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2011-0153.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 68180

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2011-0153.nasl

Version: 1.12

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/12/2013

Updated: 10/22/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Critical

Score: 9.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.9

Temporal Score: 5.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2010-4345

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7.2

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:F/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:exim, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:exim-mon, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:5, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:exim-sa

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/25/2011

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/14/2010

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability Due Dates: 4/15/2022

Exploitable With

Metasploit (Exim4 string_format Function Heap Buffer Overflow)

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2010-4345

BID: 45341

RHSA: 2011:0153