RHEL 4 : exim (RHSA-2005:025)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 17165

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates for exim.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 4 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2005:025 advisory.

- security flaw (CVE-2005-0021, CVE-2005-0022)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the RHEL exim package based on the guidance in RHSA-2005:025.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 17165

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2005-025.nasl

Version: 1.24

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 2/22/2005

Updated: 4/27/2024

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: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2005-0021

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: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:exim, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:exim-doc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:exim-mon, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:exim-sa, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4

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

Patch Publication Date: 2/15/2005

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/2/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-0021, CVE-2005-0022

RHSA: 2005:025

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