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FreeBSD : exim -- two buffer overflow vulnerabilities (ca9ce879-5ebb-11d9-a01c-0050569f0001)
high Nessus Plugin ID 19118
Synopsis
The remote FreeBSD host is missing one or more security-related updates.Description
1. The function host_aton() can overflow a buffer if it is presented with an illegal IPv6 address that has more than 8 components.2. The second report described a buffer overflow in the function spa_base64_to_bits(), which is part of the code for SPA authentication.
Solution
Update the affected packages.See Also
http://www.exim.org/mail-archives/exim-announce/2005/msg00000.html
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 19118
File Name: freebsd_pkg_ca9ce8795ebb11d9a01c0050569f0001.nasl
Version: 1.21
Type: local
Family: FreeBSD Local Security Checks
Published: 7/13/2005
Updated: 1/6/2021
Supported Sensors: Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 6.7
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.2
Temporal Score: 5.3
Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:exim, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:exim-ldap, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:exim-ldap2, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:exim-mysql, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:exim-postgresql, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:exim-sa-exim, cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/FreeBSD/release, Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 1/5/2005
Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/5/2005
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2005-0021, CVE-2005-0022