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openSUSE: Security Advisory for exim (openSUSE-SU-2017:2289-1)

🗓️ 30 Aug 2017 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2017 Greenbone Networks GmbHType 
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The 'exim' package in openSUSE Leap 42.3 and openSUSE Leap 42.2 has security vulnerabilities that could lead to local privilege escalation and information leakage

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# Copyright (C) 2017 Greenbone Networks GmbH
# 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-or-later
#
# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
# modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
# as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
# of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
#
# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
# GNU General Public License for more details.
#
# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.

if(description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.851601");
  script_version("2025-02-28T05:38:49+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2025-02-28 05:38:49 +0000 (Fri, 28 Feb 2025)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2017-08-30 07:23:21 +0200 (Wed, 30 Aug 2017)");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2016-1531", "CVE-2016-9963", "CVE-2017-1000369");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"6.9");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
  script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
  script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
  script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2017-09-08 01:29:00 +0000 (Fri, 08 Sep 2017)");
  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");
  script_name("openSUSE: Security Advisory for exim (openSUSE-SU-2017:2289-1)");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The remote host is missing an update for the 'exim'
  package(s) announced via the referenced advisory.");

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

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"This update for exim fixes the following issues:

  Changes in exim:

  - specify users with ref:mail, to make them dynamic. (boo#1046971)

  - CVE-2017-1000369: Fixed memory leaks that could be exploited to 'stack
  crash' local privilege escalation (boo#1044692)

  - Require user(mail) group(mail) to meet new users handling in TW.

  - Prerequire permissions (fixes rpmlint).

  - conditionally disable DANE on SuSE versions with OpenSSL   1.0

  - CVE-2016-1531: when installed setuid root, allows local users to gain
  privileges via the perl_startup argument.

  - CVE-2016-9963: DKIM information leakage (boo#1015930)


  - Makefile tuning:
  + add sqlite support
  + disable WITH_OLD_DEMIME
  + enable AUTH_CYRUS_SASL
  + enable AUTH_TLS
  + enable SYSLOG_LONG_LINES
  + enable SUPPORT_PAM
  + MAX_NAMED_LIST=64
  + enable EXPERIMENTAL_DMARC
  + enable EXPERIMENTAL_EVENT
  + enable EXPERIMENTAL_PROXY
  + enable EXPERIMENTAL_CERTNAMES
  + enable EXPERIMENTAL_DSN
  + enable EXPERIMENTAL_DANE
  + enable EXPERIMENTAL_SOCKS
  + enable EXPERIMENTAL_INTERNATIONAL");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"exim on openSUSE Leap 42.3, openSUSE Leap 42.2");

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

  script_xref(name:"openSUSE-SU", value:"2017:2289-1");
  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2017 Greenbone Networks GmbH");
  script_family("SuSE Local Security Checks");
  script_dependencies("gather-package-list.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("ssh/login/opensuse", "ssh/login/rpms", re:"ssh/login/release=(openSUSELeap42\.2|openSUSELeap42\.3)");
  exit(0);
}

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

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

res = "";
report = "";

if(release == "openSUSELeap42.2") {
  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"exim", rpm:"exim~4.86.2~10.6.1", rls:"openSUSELeap42.2"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"exim-debuginfo", rpm:"exim-debuginfo~4.86.2~10.6.1", rls:"openSUSELeap42.2"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"exim-debugsource", rpm:"exim-debugsource~4.86.2~10.6.1", rls:"openSUSELeap42.2"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"eximon", rpm:"eximon~4.86.2~10.6.1", rls:"openSUSELeap42.2"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"eximon-debuginfo", rpm:"eximon-debuginfo~4.86.2~10.6.1", rls:"openSUSELeap42.2"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"eximstats-html", rpm:"eximstats-html~4.86.2~10.6.1", rls:"openSUSELeap42.2"))) {
    report += res;
  }

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

if(release == "openSUSELeap42.3") {
  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"exim", rpm:"exim~4.86.2~14.1", rls:"openSUSELeap42.3"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"exim-debuginfo", rpm:"exim-debuginfo~4.86.2~14.1", rls:"openSUSELeap42.3"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"exim-debugsource", rpm:"exim-debugsource~4.86.2~14.1", rls:"openSUSELeap42.3"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"eximon", rpm:"eximon~4.86.2~14.1", rls:"openSUSELeap42.3"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"eximon-debuginfo", rpm:"eximon-debuginfo~4.86.2~14.1", rls:"openSUSELeap42.3"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"eximstats-html", rpm:"eximstats-html~4.86.2~14.1", rls:"openSUSELeap42.3"))) {
    report += res;
  }

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

exit(0);

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