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openSUSE Security Update : exim (openSUSE-2016-326)

high Nessus Plugin ID 89909

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

This update to exim 4.86.2 fixes the following issues :

 - CVE-2016-1531: local privilege escalation for set-uid root exim when using 'perl_startup' (boo#968844)

Important: Exim now cleans the complete execution environment by default. This affects Exim and subprocesses such as transports calling other programs. The following new options are supported to adjust this behaviour :

 - keep_environment

 - add_environment A warning will be printed upon startup if none of these are configured.

Also includes upstream changes, improvements and bug fixes :

 - Support for using the system standard CA bundle.

 - New expansion items $config_file, $config_dir, containing the file and directory name of the main configuration file. Also $exim_version.

 - New 'malware=' support for Avast.

 - New 'spam=' variant option for Rspamd.

 - Assorted options on malware= and spam= scanners.

 - A commandline option to write a comment into the logfile.

 - A logging option for slow DNS lookups.

 - New $(env (<variable>)) expansion.

 - A non-SMTP authenticator using information from TLS client certificates.

 - Main option 'tls_eccurve' for selecting an Elliptic Curve for TLS.

 - Main option 'dns_trust_aa' for trusting your local nameserver at the same level as DNSSEC.

Solution

Update the affected exim packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=968844

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 89909

File Name: openSUSE-2016-326.nasl

Version: 2.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/14/2016

Updated: 1/19/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

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 v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7

Temporal Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/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: cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:13.2, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:exim, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:eximon, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:eximstats-html, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:42.1, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:exim-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:exim-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:eximon-debuginfo

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/11/2016

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/7/2016

Exploitable With

Core Impact

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-1531