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Debian Security Advisory DSA 058-1 (exim)

🗓️ 17 Jan 2008 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2008 E-Soft Inc.Type 
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Debian Security Advisory DSA 058-1 announces an update to exim

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Debian Security Advisory DSA 058-1 (exim)
17 Jan 200800:00
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Debian DSA-058-1 : exim - local printf format attack
29 Sep 200400:00
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CVE-2001-0690
20 Sep 200104:00
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9 Mar 200205:00
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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2008 E-Soft Inc.
# 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

if(description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.53811");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2001-0690");
  script_version("2023-07-19T05:05:15+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2023-07-19 05:05:15 +0000 (Wed, 19 Jul 2023)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2008-01-17 14:24:38 +0100 (Thu, 17 Jan 2008)");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"7.5");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
  script_name("Debian Security Advisory DSA 058-1 (exim)");
  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2008 E-Soft Inc.");
  script_family("Debian Local Security Checks");
  script_dependencies("gather-package-list.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("ssh/login/debian_linux", "ssh/login/packages", re:"ssh/login/release=DEB2\.2");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=DSA%20058-1");
  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"Megyer Laszlo found a printf format bug in the exim mail transfer
agent. The code that checks the header syntax of an email logs
an error without protecting itself against printf format attacks.

This problem has been fixed in version 3.12-10.1. Since that code is
not turned on by default a standard installation is not vulnerable,
but we still recommend to upgrade your exim package.");
  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The remote host is missing an update to exim
announced via advisory DSA 058-1.");
  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");
  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Please install the updated package(s).");
  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");

  exit(0);
}

include("revisions-lib.inc");
include("pkg-lib-deb.inc");

res = "";
report = "";
if((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"exim", ver:"3.12-10.1", rls:"DEB2.2")) != NULL) {
  report += res;
}
if((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"eximon", ver:"3.12-10.1", rls:"DEB2.2")) != NULL) {
  report += res;
}

if(report != "") {
  security_message(data:report);
} else if(__pkg_match) {
  exit(99);
}

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17 Jan 2008 00:00Current
7.2High risk
Vulners AI Score7.2
CVSS27.5
EPSS0.19934
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