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HistoryJun 07, 2019 - 12:00 a.m.

Debian DSA-4456-1 : exim4 - security update

2019-06-0700:00:00
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29

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

0.974 High

EPSS

Percentile

99.9%

The Qualys Research Labs reported a flaw in Exim, a mail transport agent. Improper validation of the recipient address in the deliver_message() function may result in the execution of arbitrary commands.

#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were  
# extracted from Debian Security Advisory DSA-4456. The text 
# itself is copyright (C) Software in the Public Interest, Inc.
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(125742);
  script_version("1.15");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2022/12/06");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2019-10149");
  script_xref(name:"DSA", value:"4456");
  script_xref(name:"CISA-KNOWN-EXPLOITED", value:"2022/07/10");
  script_xref(name:"CISA-NCAS", value:"AA22-011A");
  script_xref(name:"CEA-ID", value:"CEA-2020-0129");
  script_xref(name:"CEA-ID", value:"CEA-2019-0413");

  script_name(english:"Debian DSA-4456-1 : exim4 - security update");
  script_summary(english:"Checks dpkg output for the updated package");

  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"synopsis",
    value:"The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"description",
    value:
"The Qualys Research Labs reported a flaw in Exim, a mail transport
agent. Improper validation of the recipient address in the
deliver_message() function may result in the execution of arbitrary
commands."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/exim4"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://packages.debian.org/source/stretch/exim4"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4456"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"solution",
    value:
"Upgrade the exim4 packages.

For the stable distribution (stretch), this problem has been fixed in
version 4.89-2+deb9u4."
  );
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
  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-2019-10149");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploited_by_malware", value:"true");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"metasploit_name", value:'Exim 4.87 - 4.91 Local Privilege Escalation');
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_framework_metasploit", value:"true");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_framework_canvas", value:"true");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"canvas_package", value:'CANVAS');

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:exim4");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:9.0");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2019/06/05");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2019/06/05");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2019/06/07");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"in_the_news", value:"true");
  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:"Debian Local Security Checks");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/Debian/release", "Host/Debian/dpkg-l");

  exit(0);
}


include("audit.inc");
include("debian_package.inc");


if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Debian/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Debian");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Debian/dpkg-l")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);


flag = 0;
if (deb_check(release:"9.0", prefix:"exim4", reference:"4.89-2+deb9u4")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"9.0", prefix:"exim4-base", reference:"4.89-2+deb9u4")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"9.0", prefix:"exim4-config", reference:"4.89-2+deb9u4")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"9.0", prefix:"exim4-daemon-heavy", reference:"4.89-2+deb9u4")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"9.0", prefix:"exim4-daemon-heavy-dbg", reference:"4.89-2+deb9u4")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"9.0", prefix:"exim4-daemon-light", reference:"4.89-2+deb9u4")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"9.0", prefix:"exim4-daemon-light-dbg", reference:"4.89-2+deb9u4")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"9.0", prefix:"exim4-dbg", reference:"4.89-2+deb9u4")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"9.0", prefix:"exim4-dev", reference:"4.89-2+deb9u4")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"9.0", prefix:"eximon4", reference:"4.89-2+deb9u4")) flag++;

if (flag)
{
  if (report_verbosity > 0) security_hole(port:0, extra:deb_report_get());
  else security_hole(0);
  exit(0);
}
else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");
VendorProductVersionCPE
debiandebian_linuxexim4p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:exim4
debiandebian_linux9.0cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:9.0

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

0.974 High

EPSS

Percentile

99.9%