openSUSE Security Update : exim (openSUSE-SU-2010:0416-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 47817

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

Two local vulnerabilities have been fixed in the exim MTA which allowed attackers to create arbitrary files or to change ownership of arbitrary files. CVE-2010-2023 and CVE-2010-2024 have been assigned to these issues.

Solution

Update the affected exim packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=612549

https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2010-07/msg00025.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 47817

File Name: suse_11_2_exim-100720.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/23/2010

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.8

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:exim, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:eximon, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:eximstats-html, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:11.2

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list

Patch Publication Date: 7/20/2010

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2010-2023, CVE-2010-2024