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openSUSE Security Update : exim (openSUSE-2019-2093)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 128606

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

exim was updated to fix a security issue :

 - CVE-2019-15846: Fixed a buffer overflow in SMTP Delivery process where a remote attacker could execute code with root privileges by sending crafted SNI data (boo#1149182).

Solution

Update the affected exim packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1149182

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 128606

File Name: openSUSE-2019-2093.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/9/2019

Updated: 9/23/2020

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

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:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:eximon, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:eximon-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:eximstats-html, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:15.1, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:exim, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:exim-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:exim-debugsource

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/8/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/6/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-15846