Vulnerabilities > CVE-2014-2972 - Numeric Errors vulnerability in Exim

047910
CVSS 4.6 - MEDIUM
Attack vector
LOCAL
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
PARTIAL
Integrity impact
PARTIAL
Availability impact
PARTIAL
local
low complexity
exim
CWE-189
nessus

Summary

expand.c in Exim before 4.83 expands mathematical comparisons twice, which allows local users to gain privileges and execute arbitrary commands via a crafted lookup value.

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

Nessus

  • NASL familySMTP problems
    NASL idEXIM_4_83.NASL
    descriptionAccording to its banner, the version of Exim running on the remote host is prior to 4.83. It is, therefore, potentially affected by a data insertion vulnerability. A flaw exists in the expansion of arguments to math comparison functions which can cause values to be expanded twice. This could permit a local attacker to insert arbitrary data.
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id77055
    published2014-08-07
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2014-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/77055
    titleExim < 4.83 Math Comparison Functions Data Insertion
    code
    #
    # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    #
    
    include("compat.inc");
    
    if (description)
    {
      script_id(77055);
      script_version("1.3");
      script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/11/25");
    
      script_cve_id("CVE-2014-2972");
      script_bugtraq_id(68857);
    
      script_name(english:"Exim < 4.83 Math Comparison Functions Data Insertion");
      script_summary(english:"Checks the version of the SMTP banner.");
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
    "The remote mail server is potentially affected by a data insertion
    vulnerability.");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
    "According to its banner, the version of Exim running on the remote
    host is prior to 4.83. It is, therefore, potentially affected by a
    data insertion vulnerability. A flaw exists in the expansion of
    arguments to math comparison functions which can cause values to be
    expanded twice. This could permit a local attacker to insert arbitrary
    data.");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"ftp://ftp.exim.org/pub/exim/exim4/");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://lists.exim.org/lurker/message/20140722.160524.be7e58a9.en.html");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"ftp://ftp.exim.org/pub/exim/ChangeLogs/ChangeLog-4.83");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
    "Upgrade to Exim 4.83 or later.");
      script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
      script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2014-2972");
    
      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:"2012/07/22");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2012/07/22");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2014/08/07");
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"potential_vulnerability", value:"true");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"remote");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/a:exim:exim");
      script_end_attributes();
    
      script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
      script_family(english:"SMTP problems");
    
      script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2014-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
    
      script_dependencies("smtpserver_detect.nasl");
      script_require_keys("Settings/ParanoidReport");
      script_require_ports("Services/smtp", 25);
    
      exit(0);
    }
    
    
    include("audit.inc");
    include("global_settings.inc");
    include("misc_func.inc");
    include("smtp_func.inc");
    
    if (report_paranoia < 2) audit(AUDIT_PARANOID);
    
    port = get_service(svc:"smtp", default:25, exit_on_fail:TRUE);
    
    banner = get_smtp_banner(port:port);
    if (!banner) audit(AUDIT_NO_BANNER, port);
    if ("Exim" >!< banner) audit(AUDIT_NOT_LISTEN, 'Exim', port);
    
    matches = eregmatch(pattern:"220.*Exim ([0-9\.]+)", string:banner);
    if (isnull(matches)) audit(AUDIT_SERVICE_VER_FAIL, 'Exim', port);
    
    version = matches[1];
    if (
         version =~ "^[0-3]\." ||
         version =~ "^4\.([0-7][0-9]|8[0-2])([^0-9]|$)"
       )
    {
      if (report_verbosity > 0)
      {
        report =
          '\n  Banner            : ' + banner +
          '\n  Installed version : ' + version +
          '\n  Fixed version     : 4.83';
        security_warning(port:port, extra:report);
      }
      else security_warning(port);
      exit(0);
    }
    else audit(AUDIT_LISTEN_NOT_VULN, 'Exim', port, version);
    
  • NASL familyUbuntu Local Security Checks
    NASL idUBUNTU_USN-2933-1.NASL
    descriptionIt was discovered that Exim incorrectly filtered environment variables when used with the perl_startup configuration option. If the perl_startup option was enabled, a local attacker could use this issue to escalate their privileges to the root user. This issue has been fixed by having Exim clean the complete execution environment by default on startup, including any subprocesses such as transports that call other programs. This change in behaviour may break existing installations and can be adjusted by using two new configuration options, keep_environment and add_environment. (CVE-2016-1531) Patrick William discovered that Exim incorrectly expanded mathematical comparisons twice. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to perform arbitrary file operations as the Exim user. This issue only affected Ubuntu 12.04 LTS and Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. (CVE-2014-2972). 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.
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id89962
    published2016-03-16
    reporterUbuntu Security Notice (C) 2016-2019 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2016-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/89962
    titleUbuntu 12.04 LTS / 14.04 LTS / 15.10 : exim4 vulnerabilities (USN-2933-1)
    code
    #
    # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    #
    # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
    # extracted from Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2933-1. 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(89962);
      script_version("2.13");
      script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/09/18 12:31:45");
    
      script_cve_id("CVE-2014-2972", "CVE-2016-1531");
      script_xref(name:"USN", value:"2933-1");
    
      script_name(english:"Ubuntu 12.04 LTS / 14.04 LTS / 15.10 : exim4 vulnerabilities (USN-2933-1)");
      script_summary(english:"Checks dpkg output for updated packages.");
    
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"synopsis", 
        value:
    "The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related
    patches."
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"description", 
        value:
    "It was discovered that Exim incorrectly filtered environment variables
    when used with the perl_startup configuration option. If the
    perl_startup option was enabled, a local attacker could use this issue
    to escalate their privileges to the root user. This issue has been
    fixed by having Exim clean the complete execution environment by
    default on startup, including any subprocesses such as transports that
    call other programs. This change in behaviour may break existing
    installations and can be adjusted by using two new configuration
    options, keep_environment and add_environment. (CVE-2016-1531)
    
    Patrick William discovered that Exim incorrectly expanded mathematical
    comparisons twice. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to
    perform arbitrary file operations as the Exim user. This issue only
    affected Ubuntu 12.04 LTS and Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. (CVE-2014-2972).
    
    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://usn.ubuntu.com/2933-1/"
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"solution", 
        value:
    "Update the affected exim4-daemon-custom, exim4-daemon-heavy and / or
    exim4-daemon-light packages."
      );
      script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
      script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:F/RL:OF/RC:C");
      script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
      script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:F/RL:O/RC:C");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_framework_core", value:"true");
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:exim4-daemon-custom");
      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:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:-:lts");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:15.10");
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2014/09/04");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2016/03/15");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2016/03/16");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
      script_end_attributes();
    
      script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
      script_copyright(english:"Ubuntu Security Notice (C) 2016-2019 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2016-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
      script_family(english:"Ubuntu Local Security Checks");
    
      script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
      script_require_keys("Host/cpu", "Host/Ubuntu", "Host/Ubuntu/release", "Host/Debian/dpkg-l");
    
      exit(0);
    }
    
    
    include("audit.inc");
    include("ubuntu.inc");
    include("misc_func.inc");
    
    if ( ! get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled") ) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
    release = get_kb_item("Host/Ubuntu/release");
    if ( isnull(release) ) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Ubuntu");
    release = chomp(release);
    if (! preg(pattern:"^(12\.04|14\.04|15\.10)$", string:release)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Ubuntu 12.04 / 14.04 / 15.10", "Ubuntu " + release);
    if ( ! get_kb_item("Host/Debian/dpkg-l") ) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
    
    cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu");
    if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
    if ("x86_64" >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$") audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "Ubuntu", cpu);
    
    flag = 0;
    
    if (ubuntu_check(osver:"12.04", pkgname:"exim4-daemon-custom", pkgver:"4.76-3ubuntu3.3")) flag++;
    if (ubuntu_check(osver:"12.04", pkgname:"exim4-daemon-heavy", pkgver:"4.76-3ubuntu3.3")) flag++;
    if (ubuntu_check(osver:"12.04", pkgname:"exim4-daemon-light", pkgver:"4.76-3ubuntu3.3")) flag++;
    if (ubuntu_check(osver:"14.04", pkgname:"exim4-daemon-custom", pkgver:"4.82-3ubuntu2.1")) flag++;
    if (ubuntu_check(osver:"14.04", pkgname:"exim4-daemon-heavy", pkgver:"4.82-3ubuntu2.1")) flag++;
    if (ubuntu_check(osver:"14.04", pkgname:"exim4-daemon-light", pkgver:"4.82-3ubuntu2.1")) flag++;
    if (ubuntu_check(osver:"15.10", pkgname:"exim4-daemon-heavy", pkgver:"4.86-3ubuntu1.1")) flag++;
    if (ubuntu_check(osver:"15.10", pkgname:"exim4-daemon-light", pkgver:"4.86-3ubuntu1.1")) flag++;
    
    if (flag)
    {
      security_report_v4(
        port       : 0,
        severity   : SECURITY_WARNING,
        extra      : ubuntu_report_get()
      );
      exit(0);
    }
    else
    {
      tested = ubuntu_pkg_tests_get();
      if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
      else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "exim4-daemon-custom / exim4-daemon-heavy / exim4-daemon-light");
    }
    
  • NASL familyFedora Local Security Checks
    NASL idFEDORA_2014-8865.NASL
    descriptionSecurity fix for CVE-2014-2972 Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
    last seen2020-03-17
    modified2014-08-04
    plugin id76982
    published2014-08-04
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2014-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/76982
    titleFedora 20 : exim-4.80.1-7.fc20 (2014-8865)
    code
    #%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502
    #
    # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    #
    # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were  
    # extracted from Fedora Security Advisory 2014-8865.
    #
    
    include("compat.inc");
    
    if (description)
    {
      script_id(76982);
      script_version("1.6");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2020/03/12");
    
      script_cve_id("CVE-2014-2972");
      script_bugtraq_id(68857);
      script_xref(name:"FEDORA", value:"2014-8865");
    
      script_name(english:"Fedora 20 : exim-4.80.1-7.fc20 (2014-8865)");
      script_summary(english:"Checks rpm output for the updated package.");
    
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"synopsis", 
        value:"The remote Fedora host is missing a security update."
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"description", 
        value:
    "Security fix for CVE-2014-2972
    
    Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding
    description block directly from the Fedora 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://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1122552"
      );
      # https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-August/136264.html
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?878f148a"
      );
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected exim package.");
      script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
      script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:exim");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:20");
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2014/07/25");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2014/08/04");
      script_end_attributes();
    
      script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
      script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2014-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
      script_family(english:"Fedora Local Security Checks");
    
      script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
      script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/RedHat/release", "Host/RedHat/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/RedHat/release");
    if (isnull(release) || "Fedora" >!< release) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Fedora");
    os_ver = eregmatch(pattern: "Fedora.*release ([0-9]+)", string:release);
    if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, "Fedora");
    os_ver = os_ver[1];
    if (! ereg(pattern:"^20([^0-9]|$)", string:os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Fedora 20.x", "Fedora " + os_ver);
    
    if (!get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
    
    cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu");
    if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
    if ("x86_64" >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$") audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "Fedora", cpu);
    
    flag = 0;
    if (rpm_check(release:"FC20", reference:"exim-4.80.1-7.fc20")) flag++;
    
    
    if (flag)
    {
      if (report_verbosity > 0) security_warning(port:0, extra:rpm_report_get());
      else security_warning(0);
      exit(0);
    }
    else
    {
      tested = pkg_tests_get();
      if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
      else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "exim");
    }
    
  • NASL familyGentoo Local Security Checks
    NASL idGENTOO_GLSA-201607-12.NASL
    descriptionThe remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201607-12 (Exim: Arbitrary code execution) Vulnerabilities have been discovered in Exim&rsquo;s implementation of set-uid root and when using &lsquo;perl_startup&rsquo;. These vulnerabilities require a user account on the Exim server and a configuration that does lookups against files to which the user has edit access. Impact : A local attacker could possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the process, or escalate privileges. Workaround : There is no known workaround at this time.
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id92482
    published2016-07-21
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2016 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/92482
    titleGLSA-201607-12 : Exim: Arbitrary code execution
    code
    #
    # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    #
    # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
    # extracted from Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201607-12.
    #
    # The advisory text is Copyright (C) 2001-2016 Gentoo Foundation, Inc.
    # and licensed under the Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike 
    # license. See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
    #
    
    include("compat.inc");
    
    if (description)
    {
      script_id(92482);
      script_version("$Revision: 2.1 $");
      script_cvs_date("$Date: 2016/07/21 13:58:10 $");
    
      script_cve_id("CVE-2014-2972");
      script_xref(name:"GLSA", value:"201607-12");
    
      script_name(english:"GLSA-201607-12 : Exim: Arbitrary code execution");
      script_summary(english:"Checks for updated package(s) in /var/db/pkg");
    
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"synopsis", 
        value:
    "The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related
    patches."
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"description", 
        value:
    "The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201607-12
    (Exim: Arbitrary code execution)
    
        Vulnerabilities have been discovered in Exim&rsquo;s implementation of
          set-uid root and when using &lsquo;perl_startup&rsquo;. These vulnerabilities
          require a user account on the Exim server and a configuration that does
          lookups against files to which the user has edit access.
      
    Impact :
    
        A local attacker could possibly execute arbitrary code with the
          privileges of the process, or escalate privileges.
      
    Workaround :
    
        There is no known workaround at this time."
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201607-12"
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"solution", 
        value:
    "All Exim users should upgrade to the latest version:
          # emerge --sync
          # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=mail-mta/exim-4.87'"
      );
      script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:exim");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:gentoo:linux");
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2016/07/20");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2016/07/21");
      script_end_attributes();
    
      script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
      script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2016 Tenable Network Security, Inc.");
      script_family(english:"Gentoo Local Security Checks");
    
      script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
      script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/Gentoo/release", "Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list");
    
      exit(0);
    }
    
    
    include("audit.inc");
    include("global_settings.inc");
    include("qpkg.inc");
    
    if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
    if (!get_kb_item("Host/Gentoo/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Gentoo");
    if (!get_kb_item("Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
    
    
    flag = 0;
    
    if (qpkg_check(package:"mail-mta/exim", unaffected:make_list("ge 4.87"), vulnerable:make_list("lt 4.87"))) flag++;
    
    if (flag)
    {
      if (report_verbosity > 0) security_warning(port:0, extra:qpkg_report_get());
      else security_warning(0);
      exit(0);
    }
    else
    {
      tested = qpkg_tests_get();
      if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
      else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "Exim");
    }
    
  • NASL familySuSE Local Security Checks
    NASL idOPENSUSE-2014-482.NASL
    descriptionChanges in exim : - Silence static checkers; (beo#1506). - update to 4.83 This release of Exim includes one incompatible fix : + the behavior of expansion of arguments to math comparison functions (<, <=, =, =>, >) was unexpected, expanding the values twice; CVE-2014-2972; (bnc#888520) This release contains the following enhancements and bugfixes : + PRDR was promoted from Experimental to mainline + OCSP Stapling was promoted from Experimental to mainline + new Experimental feature Proxy Protocol + new Experimental feature DSN (Delivery Status Notifications) + TLS session improvements + TLS SNI fixes + LDAP enhancements + DMARC fixes (previous CVE-2014-2957) and new $dmarc_domain_policy + several new operations (listextract, utf8clean, md5, sha1) + enforce header formatting with verify=header_names_ascii + new commandline option -oMm + new TLSA dns lookup + new malware
    last seen2020-06-05
    modified2014-08-12
    plugin id77126
    published2014-08-12
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2014-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/77126
    titleopenSUSE Security Update : exim (openSUSE-SU-2014:0983-1)
    code
    #%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502
    #
    # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    #
    # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
    # extracted from openSUSE Security Update openSUSE-2014-482.
    #
    # The text description of this plugin is (C) SUSE LLC.
    #
    
    include("compat.inc");
    
    if (description)
    {
      script_id(77126);
      script_version("1.5");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2020/06/04");
    
      script_cve_id("CVE-2011-1407", "CVE-2012-5671", "CVE-2014-2957", "CVE-2014-2972");
    
      script_name(english:"openSUSE Security Update : exim (openSUSE-SU-2014:0983-1)");
      script_summary(english:"Check for the openSUSE-2014-482 patch");
    
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"synopsis", 
        value:"The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update."
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"description", 
        value:
    "Changes in exim :
    
      - Silence static checkers; (beo#1506).
    
      - update to 4.83 This release of Exim includes one
        incompatible fix :
    
      + the behavior of expansion of arguments to math
        comparison functions (<, <=, =, =>, >) was unexpected,
        expanding the values twice; CVE-2014-2972; (bnc#888520)
        This release contains the following enhancements and
        bugfixes :
    
      + PRDR was promoted from Experimental to mainline
    
      + OCSP Stapling was promoted from Experimental to mainline
    
      + new Experimental feature Proxy Protocol
    
      + new Experimental feature DSN (Delivery Status
        Notifications)
    
      + TLS session improvements
    
      + TLS SNI fixes
    
      + LDAP enhancements
    
      + DMARC fixes (previous CVE-2014-2957) and new
        $dmarc_domain_policy
    
      + several new operations (listextract, utf8clean, md5,
        sha1)
    
      + enforce header formatting with verify=header_names_ascii
    
      + new commandline option -oMm
    
      + new TLSA dns lookup
    
      + new malware 'sock' type
    
      + cutthrough routing enhancements
    
      + logging enhancements
    
      + DNSSEC enhancements
    
      + exiqgrep enhancements
    
      + deprecating non-standard SPF results
    
      + build and portability fixes
    
      + documentation fixes and enhancements
    
      - Verify source tar ball gpg signature.
    
      - Refresh exim-enable_ecdh_openssl.patch and strip version
        number from the patch filename.
    
      - exim482-enable_ecdh_openssl.patch: Enable ECDH (elliptic
        curve diffie hellman) support, taken from
        http://bugs.exim.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1397
    
      - BuildRequire libopenssl-devel only on SUSE systems.
    
      - Fix suse_version condition of the pre- and postun
        scriptlets.
    
      - Call service_add_pre from pre scriptlet on post-12.2
        systems.
    
      - update to 4.82
    
      - Add -bI: framework, and -bI:sieve for querying sieve
        capabilities.
    
      - Make -n do something, by making it not do something.
        When combined with -bP, the name of an option is not
        output.
    
      - Added tls_dh_min_bits SMTP transport driver option, only
        honoured by GnuTLS.
    
      - First step towards DNSSEC, provide $sender_host_dnssec
        for $sender_host_name and config options to manage this,
        and basic check routines.
    
      - DSCP support for outbound connections and control
        modifier for inbound.
    
      - Cyrus SASL: set local and remote IP;port properties for
        driver. (Only plugin which currently uses this is
        kerberos4, which nobody should be using, but we should
        make it available and other future plugins might
        conceivably use it, even though it would break NAT;
        stuff *should* be using channel bindings instead).
    
      - Handle 'exim -L <tag>' to indicate to use syslog with
        tag as the process name; added for Sendmail
        compatibility; requires admin caller. Handle -G as
        equivalent to 'control = suppress_local_fixups' (we used
        to just ignore it); requires trusted caller. Also parse
        but ignore: -Ac -Am -X<logfile> Bugzilla 1117.
    
      - Bugzilla 1258 - Refactor MAIL FROM optional args
        processing.
    
      - Add +smtp_confirmation as a default logging option.
    
      - Bugzilla 198 - Implement remove_header ACL modifier.
    
      - Bugzilla 1197, 1281, 1283 - Spec typo.
    
      - Bugzilla 1290 - Spec grammar fixes.
    
      - Bugzilla 1285 - Spec omission, fix docbook errors for
        spec.txt creation.
    
      - Add Experimental DMARC support using libopendmarc
        libraries.
    
      - Fix an out of order global option causing a segfault.
        Reported to dev mailing list by by Dmitry Isaikin.
    
      - Bugzilla 1201 & 304 - New cutthrough-delivery feature,
        with TLS support.
    
      - Support 'G' suffix to numbers in $(if comparisons.
    
      - Handle smtp transport tls_sni option forced-fail for
        OpenSSL.
    
      - Bugzilla 1196 - Spec examples corrections
    
      - Add expansion operators $(listnamed:name) and
        $(listcount:string)
    
      - Add gnutls_allow_auto_pkcs11 option (was originally
        called gnutls_enable_pkcs11, but renamed to more
        accurately indicate its function.
    
      - Let Linux makefile inherit CFLAGS/CFLAGS_DYNAMIC. Pulled
        from Debian 30_dontoverridecflags.dpatch by Andreas
        Metzler.
    
      - Add expansion item $(acl (name)(arg)...), expansion
        condition 'acl ((name)(arg)...)', and optional args on
        acl condition 'acl = name arg...'
    
      - Permit multiple router/transport headers_add/remove
        lines.
    
      - Add dnsdb pseudo-lookup 'a+' to do an 'aaaa' + 'a'
        combination.
    
      - Avoid using a waiting database for a single-message-only
        transport. Performance patch from Paul Fisher. Bugzilla
        1262.
    
      - Strip leading/trailing newlines from add_header ACL
        modifier data. Bugzilla 884.
    
      - Add $headers_added variable, with content from use of
        ACL modifier add_header (but not yet added to the
        message). Bugzilla 199.
    
      - Add 8bitmime log_selector, for 8bitmime status on the
        received line. Pulled from Bugzilla 817 by Wolfgang
        Breyha.
    
      - SECURITY: protect DKIM DNS decoding from remote exploit.
        CVE-2012-5671 (nb: this is the same fix as in Exim
        4.80.1)
    
      - Add A= logging on delivery lines, and a client_set_id
        option on authenticators.
    
      - Add optional authenticated_sender logging to A= and a
        log_selector for control.
    
      - Unbreak server_set_id for NTLM/SPA auth, broken by 4.80
        PP/29.
    
      - Dovecot auth: log better reason to rejectlog if Dovecot
        did not advertise SMTP AUTH mechanism to us, instead of
        a generic protocol violation error. Also, make Exim more
        robust to bad data from the Dovecot auth socket.
    
      - Fix ultimate retry timeouts for intermittently
        deliverable recipients.
    
      - When a queue runner is handling a message, Exim first
        routes the recipient addresses, during which it prunes
        them based on the retry hints database. After that it
        attempts to deliver the message to any remaining
        recipients. It then updates the hints database using the
        retry rules.
    
      - So if a recipient address works intermittently, it can
        get repeatedly deferred at routing time. The retry hints
        record remains fresh so the address never reaches the
        final cutoff time.
    
      - This is a fairly common occurrence when a user is
        bumping up against their storage quota. Exim had some
        logic in its local delivery code to deal with this.
        However it did not apply to per-recipient defers in
        remote deliveries, e.g. over LMTP to a separate IMAP
        message store.
    
      - This change adds a proper retry rule check during
        routing so that the final cutoff time is checked against
        the message's age. We only do this check if there is an
        address retry record and there is not a domain retry
        record; this implies that previous attempts to handle
        the address had the retry_use_local_parts option turned
        on. We use this as an approximation for the destination
        being like a local delivery, as in LMTP.
    
      - I suspect this new check makes the old local delivery
        cutoff check redundant, but I have not verified this so
        I left the code in place.
    
      - Correct gecos expansion when From: is a prefix of the
        username.
    
      - Test 0254 submits a message to Exim with the header &#9;
        Resent-From: f
    
      - When I ran the test suite under the user fanf2, Exim
        expanded the header to contain my full name, whereas it
        should have added a Resent-Sender: header. It
        erroneously treats any prefix of the username as equal
        to the username. This change corrects that bug.
    
      - DCC debug and logging tidyup Error conditions log to
        paniclog rather than rejectlog. Debug lines prefixed by
        'DCC: ' to remove any ambiguity.
    
      - Avoid unnecessary rebuilds of lookup-related code.
    
      - Fix OCSP reinitialisation in SNI handling for Exim/TLS
        as server. Bug spotted by Jeremy Harris; was flawed
        since initial commit. Would have resulted in OCSP
        responses post-SNI triggering an Exim NULL dereference
        and crash.
    
      - Add $router_name and $transport_name variables. Bugzilla
        308.
    
      - Define SIOCGIFCONF_GIVES_ADDR for GNU Hurd. Bug
        detection, analysis and fix by Samuel Thibault. Bugzilla
        1331, Debian bug #698092.
    
      - Update eximstats to watch out for senders sending 'HELO
        [IpAddr]'
    
      - SMTP PRDR
        (http://www.eric-a-hall.com/specs/draft-hall-prdr-00.txt
        ). Server implementation by Todd Lyons, client by JH.
        Only enabled when compiled with EXPERIMENTAL_PRDR. A new
        config variable 'prdr_enable' controls whether the
        server advertises the facility. If the client requests
        PRDR a new acl_data_smtp_prdr ACL is called once for
        each recipient, after the body content is received and
        before the acl_smtp_data ACL. The client is controlled
        by bolth of: a hosts_try_prdr option on the smtp
        transport, and the server advertisement. Default client
        logging of deliveries and rejections involving PRDR are
        flagged with the string 'PRDR'.
    
      - Fix problems caused by timeouts during quit ACLs trying
        to double fclose(). Diagnosis by Todd Lyons. Update
        configure.default to handle IPv6 localhost better. Patch
        by Alain Williams (plus minor tweaks). Bugzilla 880.
    
      - OpenSSL made graceful with empty tls_verify_certificates
        setting. This is now consistent with GnuTLS, and is now
        documented: the previous undocumented portable approach
        to treating the option as unset was to force an
        expansion failure. That still works, and an empty string
        is now equivalent.
    
      - Renamed DNSSEC-enabling option to 'dns_dnssec_ok', to
        make it clearer that Exim is using the DO (DNSSEC OK)
        EDNS0 resolver flag, not performing validation itself.
    
      - Added force_command boolean option to pipe transport.
        Patch from Nick Koston, of cPanel Inc.
    
      - AUTH support on callouts (and hence
        cutthrough-deliveries). Bugzilla 321, 823.
    
      - Added udpsend ACL modifer and hexquote expansion
        operator
    
      - Fix eximon continuous updating with timestamped
        log-files. Broken in a format-string cleanup in 4.80,
        missed when I repaired the other false fix of the same
        issue. Report and fix from Heiko Schlichting. Bugzilla
        1363.
    
      - Guard LDAP TLS usage against Solaris LDAP variant.
        Report from Prashanth Katuri.
    
      - Support safari_ecdhe_ecdsa_bug for openssl_options. It's
        SecureTransport, so affects any MacOS clients which use
        the system-integrated TLS libraries, including email
        clients.
    
      - Fix segfault from trying to fprintf() to a NULL stdio
        FILE* if using a MIME ACL for non-SMTP local injection.
        Report and assistance in diagnosis by Warren Baker.
    
      - Adjust exiqgrep to be case-insensitive for
        sender/receiver.
    
      - Fix comparisons for 64b. Bugzilla 1385.
    
      - Add expansion variable $authenticated_fail_id to keep
        track of last id that failed so it may be referenced in
        subsequent ACL's.
    
      - Bugzilla 1375 - Prevent TLS rebinding in ldap. Patch
        provided by Alexander Miroch.
    
      - Bugzilla 1382 - Option ldap_require_cert overrides
        start_tls ldap library initialization, allowing
        self-signed CA's to be used. Also properly sets
        require_cert option later in code by using NULL (global
        ldap config) instead of ldap handle (per session). Bug
        diagnosis and testing by alxgomz.
    
      - Enhanced documentation in the ratelimit.pl script
        provided in the src/util/ subdirectory.
    
      - Bug 1301 - Imported transport SQL logging patch from
        Axel Rau renamed to Transport Post Delivery Action by
        Jeremy Harris, as EXPERIMENTAL_TPDA.
    
      - Bugzilla 1217 - Redis lookup support has been added. It
        is only enabled when Exim is compiled with
        EXPERIMENTAL_REDIS. A new config variable redis_servers
        = needs to be configured which will be used by the redis
        lookup. Patch from Warren Baker, of The Packet Hub.
    
      - Fix exiqsumm summary for corner case. Patch provided by
        Richard Hall.
    
      - Bugzilla 1289 - Clarify host/ip processing when have
        errors looking up a hostname or reverse DNS when
        processing a host list. Used suggestions from multiple
        comments on this bug.
    
      - Bugzilla 1057 - Multiple clamd TCP targets patch from
        Mark Zealey.
    
      - Had previously added a -CONTINUE option to runtest in
        the test suite. Missed a few lines, added it to make the
        runtest require no keyboard interaction.
    
      - Bugzilla 1402 - Test 533 fails if any part of the path
        to the test suite contains upper case chars. Make router
        use caseful_local_part.
    
      - Bugzilla 1400 - Add AVOID_GNUTLS_PKCS11 build option.
        Allows GnuTLS support when GnuTLS has been built with
        p11-kit.
    
      - Add systemd support for openSUSE > 12.2
    
      - Remove some obsolete conditionnal macros
    
      - exim.spec forces the use of SSL libraries, so make sure
        the BuildRequires are there. Also add previously
        implicit cyrus-sasl back.
    
      - Fixed another remote code execution issue (CVE-2011-1407
        / bnc#694798)
    
      - Fixed STARTTLS command injection (bnc#695144)"
      );
      # http://bugs.exim.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1397
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"https://bugs.exim.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1397"
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"http://www.eric-a-hall.com/specs/draft-hall-prdr-00.txt"
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=694798"
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=695144"
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=888520"
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-08/msg00014.html"
      );
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected exim packages.");
      script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:exim");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:exim-debuginfo");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:exim-debugsource");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:eximon");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:eximon-debuginfo");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:eximstats-html");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:12.3");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:13.1");
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2011/05/16");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2014/07/25");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2014/08/12");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
      script_end_attributes();
    
      script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
      script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2014-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
      script_family(english:"SuSE Local Security Checks");
    
      script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
      script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/SuSE/release", "Host/SuSE/rpm-list", "Host/cpu");
    
      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/SuSE/release");
    if (isnull(release) || release =~ "^(SLED|SLES)") audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "openSUSE");
    if (release !~ "^(SUSE12\.3|SUSE13\.1)$") audit(AUDIT_OS_RELEASE_NOT, "openSUSE", "12.3 / 13.1", release);
    if (!get_kb_item("Host/SuSE/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
    
    ourarch = get_kb_item("Host/cpu");
    if (!ourarch) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
    if (ourarch !~ "^(i586|i686|x86_64)$") audit(AUDIT_ARCH_NOT, "i586 / i686 / x86_64", ourarch);
    
    flag = 0;
    
    if ( rpm_check(release:"SUSE12.3", reference:"exim-4.83-3.4.1") ) flag++;
    if ( rpm_check(release:"SUSE12.3", reference:"exim-debuginfo-4.83-3.4.1") ) flag++;
    if ( rpm_check(release:"SUSE12.3", reference:"exim-debugsource-4.83-3.4.1") ) flag++;
    if ( rpm_check(release:"SUSE12.3", reference:"eximon-4.83-3.4.1") ) flag++;
    if ( rpm_check(release:"SUSE12.3", reference:"eximon-debuginfo-4.83-3.4.1") ) flag++;
    if ( rpm_check(release:"SUSE12.3", reference:"eximstats-html-4.83-3.4.1") ) flag++;
    if ( rpm_check(release:"SUSE13.1", reference:"exim-4.83-6.4.1") ) flag++;
    if ( rpm_check(release:"SUSE13.1", reference:"exim-debuginfo-4.83-6.4.1") ) flag++;
    if ( rpm_check(release:"SUSE13.1", reference:"exim-debugsource-4.83-6.4.1") ) flag++;
    if ( rpm_check(release:"SUSE13.1", reference:"eximon-4.83-6.4.1") ) flag++;
    if ( rpm_check(release:"SUSE13.1", reference:"eximon-debuginfo-4.83-6.4.1") ) flag++;
    if ( rpm_check(release:"SUSE13.1", reference:"eximstats-html-4.83-6.4.1") ) 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-debugsource / eximon / etc");
    }
    
  • NASL familyFedora Local Security Checks
    NASL idFEDORA_2014-8803.NASL
    descriptionSecurity fix for CVE-2014-2972 Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
    last seen2020-03-17
    modified2014-08-04
    plugin id76981
    published2014-08-04
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2014-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/76981
    titleFedora 19 : exim-4.80.1-4.fc19 (2014-8803)
    code
    #%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502
    #
    # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    #
    # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were  
    # extracted from Fedora Security Advisory 2014-8803.
    #
    
    include("compat.inc");
    
    if (description)
    {
      script_id(76981);
      script_version("1.6");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2020/03/12");
    
      script_cve_id("CVE-2014-2972");
      script_bugtraq_id(68857);
      script_xref(name:"FEDORA", value:"2014-8803");
    
      script_name(english:"Fedora 19 : exim-4.80.1-4.fc19 (2014-8803)");
      script_summary(english:"Checks rpm output for the updated package.");
    
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"synopsis", 
        value:"The remote Fedora host is missing a security update."
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"description", 
        value:
    "Security fix for CVE-2014-2972
    
    Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding
    description block directly from the Fedora 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://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1122552"
      );
      # https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-August/136251.html
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?65188ee9"
      );
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected exim package.");
      script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
      script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:exim");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:19");
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2014/07/25");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2014/08/04");
      script_end_attributes();
    
      script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
      script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2014-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
      script_family(english:"Fedora Local Security Checks");
    
      script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
      script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/RedHat/release", "Host/RedHat/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/RedHat/release");
    if (isnull(release) || "Fedora" >!< release) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Fedora");
    os_ver = eregmatch(pattern: "Fedora.*release ([0-9]+)", string:release);
    if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, "Fedora");
    os_ver = os_ver[1];
    if (! ereg(pattern:"^19([^0-9]|$)", string:os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Fedora 19.x", "Fedora " + os_ver);
    
    if (!get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
    
    cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu");
    if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
    if ("x86_64" >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$") audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "Fedora", cpu);
    
    flag = 0;
    if (rpm_check(release:"FC19", reference:"exim-4.80.1-4.fc19")) flag++;
    
    
    if (flag)
    {
      if (report_verbosity > 0) security_warning(port:0, extra:rpm_report_get());
      else security_warning(0);
      exit(0);
    }
    else
    {
      tested = pkg_tests_get();
      if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
      else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "exim");
    }
    
  • NASL familyAmazon Linux Local Security Checks
    NASL idALA_ALAS-2014-395.NASL
    descriptionexpand.c in Exim before 4.83 expands mathematical comparisons twice, which allows local users to gain privileges and execute arbitrary commands via a crafted lookup value.
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id78338
    published2014-10-12
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2014-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/78338
    titleAmazon Linux AMI : exim (ALAS-2014-395)
    code
    #
    # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    #
    # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
    # extracted from Amazon Linux AMI Security Advisory ALAS-2014-395.
    #
    
    include("compat.inc");
    
    if (description)
    {
      script_id(78338);
      script_version("1.3");
      script_cvs_date("Date: 2018/04/18 15:09:35");
    
      script_cve_id("CVE-2014-2972");
      script_xref(name:"ALAS", value:"2014-395");
    
      script_name(english:"Amazon Linux AMI : exim (ALAS-2014-395)");
      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:
    "expand.c in Exim before 4.83 expands mathematical comparisons twice,
    which allows local users to gain privileges and execute arbitrary
    commands via a crafted lookup value."
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"https://alas.aws.amazon.com/ALAS-2014-395.html"
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"solution", 
        value:"Run 'yum update exim' to update your system."
      );
      script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
    
      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:"patch_publication_date", value:"2014/08/21");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2014/10/12");
      script_end_attributes();
    
      script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
      script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2014-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc.");
      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-4.72-6.6.amzn1")) flag++;
    if (rpm_check(release:"ALA", reference:"exim-debuginfo-4.72-6.6.amzn1")) flag++;
    if (rpm_check(release:"ALA", reference:"exim-greylist-4.72-6.6.amzn1")) flag++;
    if (rpm_check(release:"ALA", reference:"exim-mon-4.72-6.6.amzn1")) flag++;
    if (rpm_check(release:"ALA", reference:"exim-mysql-4.72-6.6.amzn1")) flag++;
    if (rpm_check(release:"ALA", reference:"exim-pgsql-4.72-6.6.amzn1")) flag++;
    
    if (flag)
    {
      if (report_verbosity > 0) security_warning(port:0, extra:rpm_report_get());
      else security_warning(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");
    }