CVSS2
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
EPSS
Percentile
56.3%
The function host_aton() can overflow a buffer if it is presented with an illegal IPv6 address that has more than 8 components.
The second report described a buffer overflow in the function spa_base64_to_bits(), which is part of the code for SPA authentication.
#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 70300
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from the FreeBSD VuXML database :
#
# Copyright 2003-2018 Jacques Vidrine and contributors
#
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# PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR OR CONTRIBUTORS
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# OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT
# OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR
# BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY,
# WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE
# OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS DOCUMENTATION,
# EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
#
include('deprecated_nasl_level.inc');
include('compat.inc');
if (description)
{
script_id(19118);
script_version("1.21");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2021/01/06");
script_cve_id("CVE-2005-0021", "CVE-2005-0022");
script_bugtraq_id(12185, 12188, 12268);
script_name(english:"FreeBSD : exim -- two buffer overflow vulnerabilities (ca9ce879-5ebb-11d9-a01c-0050569f0001)");
script_summary(english:"Checks for updated packages in pkg_info output");
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"synopsis",
value:
"The remote FreeBSD host is missing one or more security-related
updates."
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"description",
value:
"1. The function host_aton() can overflow a buffer if it is presented
with an illegal IPv6 address that has more than 8 components.
2. The second report described a buffer overflow in the function
spa_base64_to_bits(), which is part of the code for SPA
authentication."
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"http://www.exim.org/mail-archives/exim-announce/2005/msg00000.html"
);
# http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=bugtraq&m=110573573800377
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110573573800377"
);
# https://vuxml.freebsd.org/freebsd/ca9ce879-5ebb-11d9-a01c-0050569f0001.html
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?60fdf1ac"
);
script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected packages.");
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
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:freebsd:freebsd:exim");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:exim-ldap");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:exim-ldap2");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:exim-mysql");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:exim-postgresql");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:exim-sa-exim");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2005/01/05");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2005/01/05");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2005/07/13");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2005-2021 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
script_family(english:"FreeBSD Local Security Checks");
script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/FreeBSD/release", "Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info");
exit(0);
}
include("audit.inc");
include("freebsd_package.inc");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/FreeBSD/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "FreeBSD");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
flag = 0;
if (pkg_test(save_report:TRUE, pkg:"exim<4.43+28_1")) flag++;
if (pkg_test(save_report:TRUE, pkg:"exim-ldap<4.43+28_1")) flag++;
if (pkg_test(save_report:TRUE, pkg:"exim-ldap2<4.43+28_1")) flag++;
if (pkg_test(save_report:TRUE, pkg:"exim-mysql<4.43+28_1")) flag++;
if (pkg_test(save_report:TRUE, pkg:"exim-postgresql<4.43+28_1")) flag++;
if (pkg_test(save_report:TRUE, pkg:"exim-sa-exim<4.43+28_1")) flag++;
if (flag)
{
if (report_verbosity > 0) security_hole(port:0, extra:pkg_report_get());
else security_hole(0);
exit(0);
}
else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");