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McAfee Email Gateway GNU Bash Code Injection (SB10085) (Shellshock)
critical Nessus Plugin ID 79123
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Synopsis
The remote host is affected by a code injection vulnerability known as Shellshock.Description
The remote host has a version of McAfee Email Gateway (MEG) installed that is affected by a command injection vulnerability in GNU Bash known as Shellshock. The vulnerability is due to the processing of trailing strings after function definitions in the values of environment variables. This allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code via environment variable manipulation depending on the configuration of the system.Solution
Apply the relevant hotfix referenced in the vendor advisory.See Also
https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10085
Plugin Details
Severity: Critical
ID: 79123
File Name: mcafee_email_gateway_SB10085.nasl
Version: 1.15
Type: local
Family: Misc.
Published: 11/11/2014
Updated: 12/5/2022
Supported Sensors: Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Critical
Score: 9.6
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Critical
Base Score: 10
Temporal Score: 8.7
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2014-7187
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/a:mcafee:email_gateway
Required KB Items: Host/McAfeeSMG/name, Host/McAfeeSMG/version, Host/McAfeeSMG/patches
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 10/7/2014
Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/24/2014
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability Due Dates: 7/28/2022
Exploitable With
Core Impact
Metasploit (CUPS Filter Bash Environment Variable Code Injection (Shellshock))
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2014-6271, CVE-2014-6277, CVE-2014-6278, CVE-2014-7169, CVE-2014-7186, CVE-2014-7187