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Amazon Linux 2023 : postfix, postfix-cdb, postfix-ldap (ALAS2023-2024-495)

2024-01-2300:00:00
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amazon linux 2023
postfix
alas2023-2024-495
vulnerability
smtp
nessus
security scanner

5.3 Medium

CVSS3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

LOW

Availability Impact

NONE

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

5.2 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.003 Low

EPSS

Percentile

65.3%

It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2023-2024-495 advisory.

  • Postfix through 3.8.5 allows SMTP smuggling unless configured with smtpd_data_restrictions=reject_unauth_pipelining and smtpd_discard_ehlo_keywords=chunking (or certain other options that exist in recent versions). Remote attackers can use a published exploitation technique to inject e-mail messages with a spoofed MAIL FROM address, allowing bypass of an SPF protection mechanism. This occurs because Postfix supports <LF>.<CR><LF> but some other popular e-mail servers do not. To prevent attack variants (by always disallowing <LF> without <CR>), a different solution is required, such as the smtpd_forbid_bare_newline=yes option with a Postfix minimum version of 3.5.23, 3.6.13, 3.7.9, 3.8.4, or 3.9. (CVE-2023-51764)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application’s self-reported version number.

#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80900
##
# (C) Tenable, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Amazon Linux 2023 Security Advisory ALAS2023-2024-495.
##

include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(189351);
  script_version("1.1");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2024/01/23");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2023-51764");

  script_name(english:"Amazon Linux 2023 : postfix, postfix-cdb, postfix-ldap (ALAS2023-2024-495)");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote Amazon Linux 2023 host is missing a security update.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2023-2024-495 advisory.

  - Postfix through 3.8.5 allows SMTP smuggling unless configured with
    smtpd_data_restrictions=reject_unauth_pipelining and smtpd_discard_ehlo_keywords=chunking (or certain
    other options that exist in recent versions). Remote attackers can use a published exploitation technique
    to inject e-mail messages with a spoofed MAIL FROM address, allowing bypass of an SPF protection
    mechanism. This occurs because Postfix supports <LF>.<CR><LF> but some other popular e-mail servers do
    not. To prevent attack variants (by always disallowing <LF> without <CR>), a different solution is
    required, such as the smtpd_forbid_bare_newline=yes option with a Postfix minimum version of 3.5.23,
    3.6.13, 3.7.9, 3.8.4, or 3.9. (CVE-2023-51764)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version
number.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://alas.aws.amazon.com/AL2023/ALAS-2024-495.html");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2023-51764.html");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://alas.aws.amazon.com/faqs.html");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Run 'dnf update postfix --releasever 2023.3.20240122' to update your system.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:POC/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N");
  script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2023-51764");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2023/12/24");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2024/01/19");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2024/01/23");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:postfix");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:postfix-cdb");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:postfix-cdb-debuginfo");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:postfix-debuginfo");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:postfix-debugsource");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:postfix-ldap");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:postfix-ldap-debuginfo");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:postfix-lmdb");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:postfix-lmdb-debuginfo");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:postfix-mysql");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:postfix-mysql-debuginfo");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:postfix-pcre");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:postfix-pcre-debuginfo");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:postfix-perl-scripts");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:postfix-pgsql");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:postfix-pgsql-debuginfo");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:postfix-sqlite");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:postfix-sqlite-debuginfo");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:amazon:linux:2023");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family(english:"Amazon Linux Local Security Checks");

  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2024 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/AmazonLinux/release", "Host/AmazonLinux/rpm-list");

  exit(0);
}

include("rpm.inc");

if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);

var alas_release = get_kb_item("Host/AmazonLinux/release");
if (isnull(alas_release) || !strlen(alas_release)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Amazon Linux");
var os_ver = pregmatch(pattern: "^AL(A|\d+|-\d+)", string:alas_release);
if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, "Amazon Linux");
os_ver = os_ver[1];
if (os_ver != "-2023")
{
  if (os_ver == 'A') os_ver = 'AMI';
  audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Amazon Linux 2023", "Amazon Linux " + os_ver);
}

if (!get_kb_item("Host/AmazonLinux/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);

var pkgs = [
    {'reference':'postfix-3.7.2-4.amzn2023.0.5', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL-2023', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'postfix-3.7.2-4.amzn2023.0.5', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL-2023', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'postfix-cdb-3.7.2-4.amzn2023.0.5', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL-2023', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'postfix-cdb-3.7.2-4.amzn2023.0.5', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL-2023', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'postfix-cdb-debuginfo-3.7.2-4.amzn2023.0.5', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL-2023', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'postfix-cdb-debuginfo-3.7.2-4.amzn2023.0.5', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL-2023', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'postfix-debuginfo-3.7.2-4.amzn2023.0.5', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL-2023', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'postfix-debuginfo-3.7.2-4.amzn2023.0.5', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL-2023', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'postfix-debugsource-3.7.2-4.amzn2023.0.5', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL-2023', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'postfix-debugsource-3.7.2-4.amzn2023.0.5', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL-2023', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'postfix-ldap-3.7.2-4.amzn2023.0.5', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL-2023', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'postfix-ldap-3.7.2-4.amzn2023.0.5', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL-2023', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'postfix-ldap-debuginfo-3.7.2-4.amzn2023.0.5', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL-2023', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'postfix-ldap-debuginfo-3.7.2-4.amzn2023.0.5', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL-2023', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'postfix-lmdb-3.7.2-4.amzn2023.0.5', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL-2023', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'postfix-lmdb-3.7.2-4.amzn2023.0.5', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL-2023', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'postfix-lmdb-debuginfo-3.7.2-4.amzn2023.0.5', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL-2023', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'postfix-lmdb-debuginfo-3.7.2-4.amzn2023.0.5', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL-2023', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'postfix-mysql-3.7.2-4.amzn2023.0.5', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL-2023', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'postfix-mysql-3.7.2-4.amzn2023.0.5', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL-2023', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'postfix-mysql-debuginfo-3.7.2-4.amzn2023.0.5', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL-2023', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'postfix-mysql-debuginfo-3.7.2-4.amzn2023.0.5', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL-2023', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'postfix-pcre-3.7.2-4.amzn2023.0.5', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL-2023', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'postfix-pcre-3.7.2-4.amzn2023.0.5', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL-2023', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'postfix-pcre-debuginfo-3.7.2-4.amzn2023.0.5', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL-2023', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'postfix-pcre-debuginfo-3.7.2-4.amzn2023.0.5', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL-2023', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'postfix-perl-scripts-3.7.2-4.amzn2023.0.5', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL-2023', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'postfix-perl-scripts-3.7.2-4.amzn2023.0.5', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL-2023', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'postfix-pgsql-3.7.2-4.amzn2023.0.5', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL-2023', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'postfix-pgsql-3.7.2-4.amzn2023.0.5', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL-2023', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'postfix-pgsql-debuginfo-3.7.2-4.amzn2023.0.5', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL-2023', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'postfix-pgsql-debuginfo-3.7.2-4.amzn2023.0.5', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL-2023', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'postfix-sqlite-3.7.2-4.amzn2023.0.5', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL-2023', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'postfix-sqlite-3.7.2-4.amzn2023.0.5', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL-2023', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'postfix-sqlite-debuginfo-3.7.2-4.amzn2023.0.5', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL-2023', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'postfix-sqlite-debuginfo-3.7.2-4.amzn2023.0.5', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL-2023', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE}
];

var flag = 0;
foreach var package_array ( pkgs ) {
  var reference = NULL;
  var _release = NULL;
  var sp = NULL;
  var _cpu = NULL;
  var el_string = NULL;
  var rpm_spec_vers_cmp = NULL;
  var epoch = NULL;
  var allowmaj = NULL;
  var exists_check = NULL;
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['reference'])) reference = package_array['reference'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['release'])) _release = package_array['release'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['sp'])) sp = package_array['sp'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['cpu'])) _cpu = package_array['cpu'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['el_string'])) el_string = package_array['el_string'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['rpm_spec_vers_cmp'])) rpm_spec_vers_cmp = package_array['rpm_spec_vers_cmp'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['epoch'])) epoch = package_array['epoch'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['allowmaj'])) allowmaj = package_array['allowmaj'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['exists_check'])) exists_check = package_array['exists_check'];
  if (reference && _release && (!exists_check || rpm_exists(release:_release, rpm:exists_check))) {
    if (rpm_check(release:_release, sp:sp, cpu:_cpu, reference:reference, epoch:epoch, el_string:el_string, rpm_spec_vers_cmp:rpm_spec_vers_cmp, allowmaj:allowmaj)) flag++;
  }
}

if (flag)
{
  security_report_v4(
      port       : 0,
      severity   : SECURITY_WARNING,
      extra      : rpm_report_get()
  );
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  var tested = pkg_tests_get();
  if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
  else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "postfix / postfix-cdb / postfix-cdb-debuginfo / etc");
}
VendorProductVersionCPE
amazonlinuxpostfix-cdb-debuginfop-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:postfix-cdb-debuginfo
amazonlinuxpostfix-ldapp-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:postfix-ldap
amazonlinuxpostfix-cdbp-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:postfix-cdb
amazonlinuxpostfix-pcrep-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:postfix-pcre
amazonlinuxpostfix-mysqlp-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:postfix-mysql
amazonlinuxpostfix-pgsqlp-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:postfix-pgsql
amazonlinuxpostfix-lmdbp-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:postfix-lmdb
amazonlinuxpostfix-sqlitep-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:postfix-sqlite
amazonlinuxpostfix-ldap-debuginfop-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:postfix-ldap-debuginfo
amazonlinuxpostfix-debuginfop-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:postfix-debuginfo
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5.3 Medium

CVSS3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

LOW

Availability Impact

NONE

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

5.2 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.003 Low

EPSS

Percentile

65.3%