Ubuntu 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS : Exim vulnerabilities (USN-4934-1)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 149253

Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 20.10 / 21.04 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-4934-1 advisory. Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4934-1

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 149253

File Name: ubuntu_USN-4934-1.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/4/2021

Updated: 10/16/2023

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.3

Temporal Score: 7.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-28026

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

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:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:exim4, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:exim4-base, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:exim4-config, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:exim4-daemon-heavy, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:exim4-daemon-light, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:exim4-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:eximon4

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/4/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/4/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-28007, CVE-2020-28008, CVE-2020-28009, CVE-2020-28010, CVE-2020-28011, CVE-2020-28012, CVE-2020-28013, CVE-2020-28014, CVE-2020-28015, CVE-2020-28016, CVE-2020-28017, CVE-2020-28018, CVE-2020-28019, CVE-2020-28020, CVE-2020-28021, CVE-2020-28022, CVE-2020-28023, CVE-2020-28024, CVE-2020-28025, CVE-2020-28026, CVE-2021-27216

IAVA: 2021-A-0216-S

USN: 4934-1