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SUSE: Security Advisory for exim (SUSE-SA:2010:059)

🗓️ 04 Jan 2011 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2011 Greenbone AGType 
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The remote host is missing an update for the 'exim' package(s) announced via the referenced advisory. It is vulnerable to remote code execution, and the unprivileged user exim running as could escalate privileges to root

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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2011 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("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.850152");
  script_version("2026-04-24T06:23:04+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2026-04-24 06:23:04 +0000 (Fri, 24 Apr 2026)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2011-01-04 09:11:34 +0100 (Tue, 04 Jan 2011)");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"9.3");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
  script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
  script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
  script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2024-07-16 17:57:44 +0000 (Tue, 16 Jul 2024)");
  script_xref(name:"SUSE-SA", value:"2010-059");
  script_xref(name:"CISA", value:"Known Exploited Vulnerability (KEV) catalog");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2010-4344", "CVE-2010-4345");
  script_name("SUSE: Security Advisory for exim (SUSE-SA:2010:059)");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The remote host is missing an update for the 'exim'
  package(s) announced via the referenced advisory.");
  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2011 Greenbone AG");
  script_family("SuSE Local Security Checks");
  script_dependencies("gather-package-list.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("ssh/login/suse", "ssh/login/rpms", re:"ssh/login/release=(openSUSE11\.1|openSUSE11\.2)");

  script_tag(name:"impact", value:"remote code execution");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"exim on openSUSE 11.1, openSUSE 11.2");

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The unprivileged user exim is running as could tell the exim daemon
  to read a different config file and leverage that to escalate
  privileges to root CVE-2010-4345.

  A buffer overflow in exim allowed remote attackers to execute
  arbitrary code CVE-2010-4344. openSUSE 11.3 is not affected by
  this flaw.");

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

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

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

  exit(0);
}

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

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

res = "";
report = "";

if(release == "openSUSE11.1") {
  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"exim", rpm:"exim~4.69~70.15.1", rls:"openSUSE11.1"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"eximon", rpm:"eximon~4.69~70.15.1", rls:"openSUSE11.1"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"eximstats-html", rpm:"eximstats-html~4.69~70.15.1", rls:"openSUSE11.1"))) {
    report += res;
  }

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

if(release == "openSUSE11.2") {
  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"exim", rpm:"exim~4.69~72.6.1", rls:"openSUSE11.2"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"eximon", rpm:"eximon~4.69~72.6.1", rls:"openSUSE11.2"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"eximstats-html", rpm:"eximstats-html~4.69~72.6.1", rls:"openSUSE11.2"))) {
    report += res;
  }

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

exit(0);

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