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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.52252
Category:FreeBSD Local Security Checks
Title:exim -- two buffer overflow vulnerabilities
Summary:The remote host is missing an update to the system; as announced in the referenced advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update to the system
as announced in the referenced advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
The following packages are affected:

exim, exim-ldap, exim-ldap2, exim-mysql, exim-postgresql, exim-sa-exim

CVE-2005-0021
Multiple buffer overflows in Exim before 4.43 may allow attackers to
execute arbitrary code via (1) an IPv6 address with more than 8
components, as demonstrated using the -be command line option, which
triggers an overflow in the host_aton function, or (2) the -bh command
line option or dnsdb PTR lookup, which triggers an overflow in the
dns_build_reverse function.

CVE-2005-0022
Buffer overflow in the spa_base64_to_bits function in Exim before
4.43, as originally obtained from Samba code, and as called by the
auth_spa_client function, may allow attackers to execute arbitrary
code during SPA authentication.

Solution:
Update your system with the appropriate patches or
software upgrades.

CVSS Score:
7.2

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

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2005-0021
CERT/CC vulnerability note: VU#132992
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/132992
Debian Security Information: DSA-635 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-635
Debian Security Information: DSA-637 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-637
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200501-23.xml
http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=179&type=vulnerabilities
http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=183&type=vulnerabilities
http://www.exim.org/mail-archives/exim-users/Week-of-Mon-20050103/msg00028.html
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10347
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-025.html
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2005-0022
BugTraq ID: 12188
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12188
Bugtraq: 20050212 exim auth_spa_server() PoC exploit (Google Search)
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110824870908614&w=2
http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=178&type=vulnerabilities
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11293
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