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Exim < 4.96 Invalid Free Vulnerability

🗓️ 08 Aug 2022 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2022 Greenbone AGType 
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Exim < 4.96 Invalid Free Vulnerability is a denial of service vulnerability affecting Exim version 4.95 and prior due to an invalid free in pam_converse in auths/call_pam.c

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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only

CPE = "cpe:/a:exim:exim";

if (description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.150758");
  script_version("2024-01-10T05:05:17+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2024-01-10 05:05:17 +0000 (Wed, 10 Jan 2024)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2022-08-08 09:15:11 +0000 (Mon, 08 Aug 2022)");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"7.8");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C");
  script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H");
  script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
  script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2022-08-11 00:13:00 +0000 (Thu, 11 Aug 2022)");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2022-37451");

  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"remote_banner_unreliable");

  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");

  script_name("Exim < 4.96 Invalid Free Vulnerability");

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);

  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2022 Greenbone AG");
  script_family("Denial of Service");
  script_dependencies("gb_exim_smtp_detect.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("exim/detected");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Exim is prone to an invalid free vulnerability.");

  script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.");

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"Exim has an invalid free in pam_converse in auths/call_pam.c
  because store_free is not used after store_malloc.");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Exim version 4.95 and prior.");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update to version 4.96 or later.");

  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/08/06/1");

  exit(0);
}

include("host_details.inc");
include("version_func.inc");

if(!port = get_app_port(cpe: CPE))
  exit(0);

if(!version = get_app_version(cpe: CPE, port: port))
  exit(0);

if(version_is_less(version: version, test_version: "4.96")) {
  report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "4.96");
  security_message(port: port, data: report);
  exit(0);
}

exit(99);

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10 Jan 2024 00:00Current
7.7High risk
Vulners AI Score7.7
CVSS 3.17.5
EPSS0.02602
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