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HistorySep 30, 2019 - 12:00 a.m.

Debian DSA-4536-1 : exim4 - security update

2019-09-3000:00:00
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A buffer overflow flaw was discovered in Exim, a mail transport agent.
A remote attacker can take advantage of this flaw to cause a denial of service, or potentially the execution of arbitrary code.

#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 70300
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were  
# extracted from Debian Security Advisory DSA-4536. The text 
# itself is copyright (C) Software in the Public Interest, Inc.
#

include('deprecated_nasl_level.inc');
include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(129414);
  script_version("1.7");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2022/03/09");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2019-16928");
  script_xref(name:"DSA", value:"4536");
  script_xref(name:"CISA-KNOWN-EXPLOITED", value:"2022/03/17");

  script_name(english:"Debian DSA-4536-1 : exim4 - security update");
  script_summary(english:"Checks dpkg output for the updated package");

  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"synopsis",
    value:"The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"description",
    value:
"A buffer overflow flaw was discovered in Exim, a mail transport agent.
A remote attacker can take advantage of this flaw to cause a denial of
service, or potentially the execution of arbitrary code."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/exim4"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://packages.debian.org/source/buster/exim4"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4536"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"solution",
    value:
"Upgrade the exim4 packages.

For the stable distribution (buster), this problem has been fixed in
version 4.92-8+deb10u3."
  );
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:H/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
  script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:H/RL:O/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2019-16928");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:exim4");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:10.0");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2019/09/27");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2019/09/28");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2019/09/30");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2019-2022 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
  script_family(english:"Debian Local Security Checks");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/Debian/release", "Host/Debian/dpkg-l");

  exit(0);
}


include("audit.inc");
include("debian_package.inc");


if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Debian/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Debian");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Debian/dpkg-l")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);


flag = 0;
if (deb_check(release:"10.0", prefix:"exim4", reference:"4.92-8+deb10u3")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"10.0", prefix:"exim4-base", reference:"4.92-8+deb10u3")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"10.0", prefix:"exim4-config", reference:"4.92-8+deb10u3")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"10.0", prefix:"exim4-daemon-heavy", reference:"4.92-8+deb10u3")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"10.0", prefix:"exim4-daemon-light", reference:"4.92-8+deb10u3")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"10.0", prefix:"exim4-dev", reference:"4.92-8+deb10u3")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"10.0", prefix:"eximon4", reference:"4.92-8+deb10u3")) flag++;

if (flag)
{
  if (report_verbosity > 0) security_hole(port:0, extra:deb_report_get());
  else security_hole(0);
  exit(0);
}
else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");
VendorProductVersionCPE
debiandebian_linuxexim4p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:exim4
debiandebian_linux10.0cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:10.0