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HistoryJan 06, 2017 - 12:00 a.m.

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS : Exim vulnerability (USN-3164-1)

2017-01-0600:00:00
Ubuntu Security Notice (C) 2017-2023 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2017-2023 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
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53

2.6 Low

CVSS2

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

HIGH

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

5.9 Medium

CVSS3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

HIGH

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

0.004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

73.6%

Bjoern Jacke discovered that Exim incorrectly handled DKIM keys. In certain configurations, private DKIM signing keys could be leaked to the log files.

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3164-1. The text 
# itself is copyright (C) Canonical, Inc. See 
# <http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/>. Ubuntu(R) is a registered 
# trademark of Canonical, Inc.
#

include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(96336);
  script_version("3.11");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2023/10/20");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2016-9963");
  script_xref(name:"USN", value:"3164-1");

  script_name(english:"Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS : Exim vulnerability (USN-3164-1)");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"Bjoern Jacke discovered that Exim incorrectly handled DKIM keys. In
certain configurations, private DKIM signing keys could be leaked to
the log files.

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding
description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable
has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible
without introducing additional issues.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3164-1");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Update the affected packages.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N");
  script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2016-9963");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2017/02/01");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2017/01/05");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2017/01/06");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:exim4-daemon-heavy");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:exim4-daemon-light");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:exim4-dev");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:eximon4");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:-:lts");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:exim4");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:exim4-base");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:exim4-config");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
  script_end_attributes();

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

  script_copyright(english:"Ubuntu Security Notice (C) 2017-2023 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2017-2023 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");

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

  exit(0);
}

include('debian_package.inc');

if ( ! get_kb_item('Host/local_checks_enabled') ) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
var os_release = get_kb_item('Host/Ubuntu/release');
if ( isnull(os_release) ) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'Ubuntu');
os_release = chomp(os_release);
if (! ('14.04' >< os_release || '16.04' >< os_release)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'Ubuntu 14.04 / 16.04', 'Ubuntu ' + os_release);
if ( ! get_kb_item('Host/Debian/dpkg-l') ) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);

var cpu = get_kb_item('Host/cpu');
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if ('x86_64' >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$" && 's390' >!< cpu && 'aarch64' >!< cpu) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, 'Ubuntu', cpu);

var pkgs = [
    {'osver': '14.04', 'pkgname': 'exim4', 'pkgver': '4.82-3ubuntu2.2'},
    {'osver': '14.04', 'pkgname': 'exim4-base', 'pkgver': '4.82-3ubuntu2.2'},
    {'osver': '14.04', 'pkgname': 'exim4-config', 'pkgver': '4.82-3ubuntu2.2'},
    {'osver': '14.04', 'pkgname': 'exim4-daemon-heavy', 'pkgver': '4.82-3ubuntu2.2'},
    {'osver': '14.04', 'pkgname': 'exim4-daemon-light', 'pkgver': '4.82-3ubuntu2.2'},
    {'osver': '14.04', 'pkgname': 'exim4-dev', 'pkgver': '4.82-3ubuntu2.2'},
    {'osver': '14.04', 'pkgname': 'eximon4', 'pkgver': '4.82-3ubuntu2.2'},
    {'osver': '16.04', 'pkgname': 'exim4', 'pkgver': '4.86.2-2ubuntu2.1'},
    {'osver': '16.04', 'pkgname': 'exim4-base', 'pkgver': '4.86.2-2ubuntu2.1'},
    {'osver': '16.04', 'pkgname': 'exim4-config', 'pkgver': '4.86.2-2ubuntu2.1'},
    {'osver': '16.04', 'pkgname': 'exim4-daemon-heavy', 'pkgver': '4.86.2-2ubuntu2.1'},
    {'osver': '16.04', 'pkgname': 'exim4-daemon-light', 'pkgver': '4.86.2-2ubuntu2.1'},
    {'osver': '16.04', 'pkgname': 'exim4-dev', 'pkgver': '4.86.2-2ubuntu2.1'},
    {'osver': '16.04', 'pkgname': 'eximon4', 'pkgver': '4.86.2-2ubuntu2.1'}
];

var flag = 0;
foreach package_array ( pkgs ) {
  var osver = NULL;
  var pkgname = NULL;
  var pkgver = NULL;
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['osver'])) osver = package_array['osver'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['pkgname'])) pkgname = package_array['pkgname'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['pkgver'])) pkgver = package_array['pkgver'];
  if (osver && pkgname && pkgver) {
    if (ubuntu_check(osver:osver, pkgname:pkgname, pkgver:pkgver)) flag++;
  }
}

if (flag)
{
  security_report_v4(
    port       : 0,
    severity   : SECURITY_NOTE,
    extra      : ubuntu_report_get()
  );
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  var tested = ubuntu_pkg_tests_get();
  if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
  else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, 'exim4 / exim4-base / exim4-config / exim4-daemon-heavy / etc');
}
VendorProductVersionCPE
canonicalubuntu_linuxexim4-daemon-heavyp-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:exim4-daemon-heavy
canonicalubuntu_linuxexim4-daemon-lightp-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:exim4-daemon-light
canonicalubuntu_linuxexim4-devp-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:exim4-dev
canonicalubuntu_linuxeximon4p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:eximon4
canonicalubuntu_linux14.04cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:-:lts
canonicalubuntu_linux16.04cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts
canonicalubuntu_linuxexim4p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:exim4
canonicalubuntu_linuxexim4-basep-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:exim4-base
canonicalubuntu_linuxexim4-configp-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:exim4-config

2.6 Low

CVSS2

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

HIGH

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

5.9 Medium

CVSS3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

HIGH

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

0.004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

73.6%