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Amazon Linux AMI : exim (ALAS-2019-1310)

2019-10-2800:00:00
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40

10 High

CVSS2

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

COMPLETE

Integrity Impact

COMPLETE

Availability Impact

COMPLETE

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

9.8 High

CVSS3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

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

0.915 High

EPSS

Percentile

98.9%

Exim 4.92 through 4.92.2 allows remote code execution, a different vulnerability than CVE-2019-15846 . There is a heap-based buffer overflow in string_vformat in string.c involving a long EHLO command.(CVE-2019-16928)

#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 70300
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Amazon Linux AMI Security Advisory ALAS-2019-1310.
#

include('deprecated_nasl_level.inc');
include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(130280);
  script_version("1.6");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2022/03/09");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2019-16928");
  script_xref(name:"ALAS", value:"2019-1310");
  script_xref(name:"CISA-KNOWN-EXPLOITED", value:"2022/03/17");

  script_name(english:"Amazon Linux AMI : exim (ALAS-2019-1310)");
  script_summary(english:"Checks rpm output for the updated packages");

  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"synopsis",
    value:"The remote Amazon Linux AMI host is missing a security update."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"description",
    value:
"Exim 4.92 through 4.92.2 allows remote code execution, a different
vulnerability than CVE-2019-15846 . There is a heap-based buffer
overflow in string_vformat in string.c involving a long EHLO
command.(CVE-2019-16928)"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://alas.aws.amazon.com/ALAS-2019-1310.html"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"solution",
    value:"Run 'yum update exim' to update your system."
  );
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:H/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
  script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:H/RL:O/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2019-16928");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:exim");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:exim-debuginfo");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:exim-greylist");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:exim-mon");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:exim-mysql");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:exim-pgsql");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:amazon:linux");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2019/09/27");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2019/10/18");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2019/10/28");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2019-2022 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
  script_family(english:"Amazon Linux Local Security Checks");

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

  exit(0);
}


include("audit.inc");
include("global_settings.inc");
include("rpm.inc");


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

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

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


flag = 0;
if (rpm_check(release:"ALA", reference:"exim-4.92-1.25.amzn1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"ALA", reference:"exim-debuginfo-4.92-1.25.amzn1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"ALA", reference:"exim-greylist-4.92-1.25.amzn1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"ALA", reference:"exim-mon-4.92-1.25.amzn1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"ALA", reference:"exim-mysql-4.92-1.25.amzn1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"ALA", reference:"exim-pgsql-4.92-1.25.amzn1")) flag++;

if (flag)
{
  if (report_verbosity > 0) security_hole(port:0, extra:rpm_report_get());
  else security_hole(0);
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  tested = pkg_tests_get();
  if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
  else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "exim / exim-debuginfo / exim-greylist / exim-mon / exim-mysql / etc");
}
VendorProductVersionCPE
amazonlinuxeximp-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:exim
amazonlinuxexim-debuginfop-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:exim-debuginfo
amazonlinuxexim-greylistp-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:exim-greylist
amazonlinuxexim-monp-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:exim-mon
amazonlinuxexim-mysqlp-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:exim-mysql
amazonlinuxexim-pgsqlp-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:exim-pgsql
amazonlinuxcpe:/o:amazon:linux

10 High

CVSS2

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

COMPLETE

Integrity Impact

COMPLETE

Availability Impact

COMPLETE

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

9.8 High

CVSS3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

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

0.915 High

EPSS

Percentile

98.9%