Detections
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Exim < 4.72 Multiple Vulnerabilities
medium Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 5557
Synopsis
The remote mail server is vulnerable to multiple attack vectors.Description
The remote host is running Exim, a message transfer agent.Versions of Exim earlier than 4.72 are potentially affected by multiple vulnerabilities :
- An error when handling hardlinks within the mail directory during the email delivery process can be exploited to perform unauthorized actions. (CVE-2010-2023)
- When MBX locking is enabled, a race condition exists which could allow an attacker to change permissions of other non-rot users' files, leading to denial-of-service conditions or potentially privilege escalation. (CVE-2010-2024)
Solution
Upgrade to Exim 4.72 or later when it becomes available.See Also
http://bugs.exim.org/show_bug.cgi?id=988
http://bugs.exim.org/show_bug.cgi?id=989
http://www.nessus.org/u?f28f03db
http://lists.exim.org/lurker/message/20100524.175925.9a69f755.en.html
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 5557
Family: SMTP Servers
Published: 6/1/2010
Updated: 3/6/2019
Nessus ID: 46783
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 5.8
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 4.4
Temporal Score: 3.6
Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 4.9
Temporal Score: 4.6
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:F/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/a:exim:exim
Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/24/2010
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2010-2023, CVE-2010-2024