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Debian DLA-762-1 : exim4 security update

medium Nessus Plugin ID 96097

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security update.

Description

Bjoern Jacke discovered that Exim, Debian's default mail transfer agent, may leak the private DKIM signing key to the log files if specific configuration options are met.

For Debian 7 'Wheezy', these problems have been fixed in version 4.80-7+deb7u4.

We recommend that you upgrade your exim4 packages.

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Solution

Upgrade the affected packages.

See Also

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2016/12/msg00038.html

https://packages.debian.org/source/wheezy/exim4

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 96097

File Name: debian_DLA-762.nasl

Version: 3.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 12/27/2016

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.6

Temporal Score: 1.9

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.9

Temporal Score: 5.2

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:exim4-daemon-light-dbg, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:exim4, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:exim4-base, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:exim4-dev, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:7.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:exim4-daemon-heavy-dbg, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:exim4-daemon-light, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:exim4-config, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:exim4-dbg, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:eximon4, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:exim4-daemon-heavy

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/25/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-9963