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
Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 43 |
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![]() | Security fix for the ALT Linux 7 package exim version 4.76-alt3 | 19 Mar 201300:00 | – | altlinux |
![]() | Fedora 18 : exim-4.80.1-1.fc18 (2012-16899) | 9 Nov 201200:00 | – | nessus |
![]() | Ubuntu 10.04 LTS / 11.04 / 11.10 / 12.04 LTS / 12.10 : exim4 vulnerability (USN-1618-1) | 26 Oct 201200:00 | – | nessus |
![]() | Debian DSA-2566-1 : exim4 - heap-based buffer overflow | 29 Oct 201200:00 | – | nessus |
![]() | Fedora 17 : exim-4.76-9.fc17 (2012-17044) | 30 Oct 201200:00 | – | nessus |
![]() | FreeBSD : Exim -- remote code execution (b0f3ab1f-1f3b-11e2-8fe9-0022156e8794) | 26 Oct 201200:00 | – | nessus |
![]() | Atmail Webmail < 6.6.2 Exim Buffer Overflow | 18 Apr 201400:00 | – | nessus |
![]() | Exim 4.70 - 4.80 DKIM DNS Record Parsing Remote Buffer Overflow | 29 Oct 201200:00 | – | nessus |
![]() | Fedora 16 : exim-4.76-4.fc16.2 (2012-17085) | 31 Oct 201200:00 | – | nessus |
![]() | openSUSE Security Update : exim (openSUSE-SU-2012:1404-1) | 13 Jun 201400:00 | – | nessus |
Source | Link |
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security-tracker | www.security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/DSA-2566 |
debian | www.debian.org/security/2012/DSA-2566-1 |
# 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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