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Fedora: Security Advisory for libspf2 (FEDORA-2023-ae340c92ea)

🗓️ 10 Oct 2023 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2023 Greenbone AGType 
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Fedora: Security Advisory for libspf2 (FEDORA-2023-ae340c92ea) announcement for security update of 'libspf2' package(s)

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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2023 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("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.884978");
  script_version("2025-08-08T05:44:56+0000");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2023-42118");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"8.3");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2025-08-08 05:44:56 +0000 (Fri, 08 Aug 2025)");
  script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.1/AV:A/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:"2025-08-07 18:17:31 +0000 (Thu, 07 Aug 2025)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2023-10-10 01:15:55 +0000 (Tue, 10 Oct 2023)");
  script_name("Fedora: Security Advisory for libspf2 (FEDORA-2023-ae340c92ea)");
  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2023 Greenbone AG");
  script_family("Fedora Local Security Checks");
  script_dependencies("gather-package-list.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("ssh/login/fedora", "ssh/login/rpms", re:"ssh/login/release=FC37");

  script_xref(name:"Advisory-ID", value:"FEDORA-2023-ae340c92ea");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/EXVXU53JFFHTOQNMS3CKI4PTGWLWF24Y");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The remote host is missing an update for the 'libspf2'
  package(s) announced via the FEDORA-2023-ae340c92ea advisory.");

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

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"libspf2 is an implementation of the SPF (Sender Policy Framework)
SPF allows email systems to check SPF DNS records and make sure that
an email is authorized by the administrator of the domain name that
it is coming from. This prevents email forgery, commonly used by
spammers, scammers, and email viruses/worms.

A lot of effort has been put into making it secure by design, and a
great deal of effort has been put into the regression tests.");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"'libspf2' package(s) on Fedora 37.");

  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-rpm.inc");

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

res = "";
report = "";

if(release == "FC37") {

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"libspf2", rpm:"libspf2~1.2.11~11.20210922git4915c308.fc37", rls:"FC37"))) {
    report += res;
  }

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

exit(0);

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08 Aug 2025 00:00Current
7.8High risk
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CVSS 3.18.8
CVSS 37.5
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