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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.54809
Category:Gentoo Local Security Checks
Title:Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200501-23 (exim)
Summary:The remote host is missing updates announced in;advisory GLSA 200501-23.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing updates announced in
advisory GLSA 200501-23.

Vulnerability Insight:
Buffer overflow vulnerabilities, which could lead to arbitrary code
execution, have been found in the handling of IPv6 addresses as well as in
the SPA authentication mechanism in Exim.

Solution:
All Exim users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=mail-mta/exim-4.43-r2'

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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