Alpine: multiple exim packages: security update to 4.90-r0 (deprecated)

critical Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 400721

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

- An issue was discovered in the base64d function in the SMTP listener in Exim before 4.90.1. By sending a
handcrafted message, a buffer overflow may happen. This can be used to execute code remotely.
(CVE-2018-6789)

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 400721

Version: Revision 1.30

Type: Local

Family: Alpine Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 8/16/2023

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.9

Percentile: 99.36

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-6789

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 9.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:F/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/11/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/7/2018

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability Due Dates: 5/3/2022

Exploitable With

CANVAS (CANVAS)

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-6789

BID: 103049

IAVB: 2018-B-0041-S

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