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Fedora 42 : exim (2026-fff37fe569)

high Nessus Plugin ID 313716

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Fedora 42 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the FEDORA-2026-fff37fe569 advisory.

 This is new version of exim fixing some security bugs.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security 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 exim package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2026-fff37fe569

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 313716

File Name: fedora_2026-fff37fe569.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/10/2026

Updated: 5/10/2026

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:42, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:exim

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/1/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/1/2026

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