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Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-2566-1)

🗓️ 29 Oct 2012 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2012 Greenbone AGType 
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The Debian 'exim4' package(s) is missing an update announced in Security Advisory DSA-2566-1 due to a heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability in the mail transport agent

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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2012 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

if(description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.72537");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2012-5671");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2012-10-29 14:21:14 +0000 (Mon, 29 Oct 2012)");
  script_version("2024-02-01T14:37:10+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2024-02-01 14:37:10 +0000 (Thu, 01 Feb 2024)");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"6.8");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");

  script_name("Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-2566-1)");
  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2012 Greenbone AG");
  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=DEB6");

  script_xref(name:"Advisory-ID", value:"DSA-2566-1");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://www.debian.org/security/2012/DSA-2566-1");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/DSA-2566");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'exim4' package(s) announced via the DSA-2566-1 advisory.");

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

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"It was discovered that Exim, a mail transport agent, is not properly handling the decoding of DNS records for DKIM. Specifically, crafted records can yield to a heap-based buffer overflow. An attacker can exploit this flaw to execute arbitrary code.

For the stable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in version 4.72-6+squeeze3.

For the testing distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed in version 4.80-5.1.

For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 4.80-5.1.

We recommend that you upgrade your exim4 packages.");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"'exim4' package(s) on Debian 6.");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Please install the updated package(s).");

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

  exit(0);
}

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

release = dpkg_get_ssh_release();
if(!release)
  exit(0);

res = "";
report = "";

if(release == "DEB6") {

  if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"exim4", ver:"4.72-6+squeeze3", rls:"DEB6"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"exim4-base", ver:"4.72-6+squeeze3", rls:"DEB6"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"exim4-config", ver:"4.72-6+squeeze3", rls:"DEB6"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"exim4-daemon-heavy", ver:"4.72-6+squeeze3", rls:"DEB6"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"exim4-daemon-heavy-dbg", ver:"4.72-6+squeeze3", rls:"DEB6"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"exim4-daemon-light", ver:"4.72-6+squeeze3", rls:"DEB6"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"exim4-daemon-light-dbg", ver:"4.72-6+squeeze3", rls:"DEB6"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"exim4-dbg", ver:"4.72-6+squeeze3", rls:"DEB6"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"exim4-dev", ver:"4.72-6+squeeze3", rls:"DEB6"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"eximon4", ver:"4.72-6+squeeze3", rls:"DEB6"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(report != "") {
    security_message(data:report);
  } else if(__pkg_match) {
    exit(99);
  }
  exit(0);
}

exit(0);

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01 Feb 2024 00:00Current
6.5Medium risk
Vulners AI Score6.5
CVSS 26.8
EPSS0.08382
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