Patching Exim 21Nails Vulnerabilities Using SanerNow

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    Overview:
    A series of critical vulnerabilities were recently disclosed to reside in the popular internet mailer, Exim. The vulnerabilities, collectively termed as 21Nails, were brought to light by researchers at Qualys. The advisory includes 21 vulnerabilities, some of which can be used to gain elevated privileges on the affected systems and perform remote code execution.

    CVEs assigned
    CVE-2020-28007
    CVE-2020-28008
    CVE-2020-28009
    CVE-2020-28010
    CVE-2020-28011
    CVE-2020-28012
    CVE-2020-28013
    CVE-2020-28014
    CVE-2020-28015
    CVE-2020-28016
    CVE-2020-28017
    CVE-2020-28018
    CVE-2020-28019
    CVE-2020-28020
    CVE-2020-28021
    CVE-2020-28022
    CVE-2020-28023
    CVE-2020-28024
    CVE-2020-28025
    CVE-2020-28026
    CVE-2021-27216

    Affected software:
    Exim versions before 4.94.2 are affected.

    Solution:
    To address this vulnerability, the vendor has released security patches. For more information, please refer to our blog
    Use SanerNow platform to apply this critical patch quickly across the organization as shown below.

    SanerNow: Vulnerability detection and patching of 21Nails vulnerability:
    1. Login to SanerNow platform
    2. Switch to the account/site specific view and Go to 'VM tool'
    3. If your Linux Operating System is vulnerable, Saner lists the above CVE’s ('CVE-2020-28007' and others) in 'Top Vulnerabilities' or 'Recently Discovered Vulnerabilities' as shown in the below diagram
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    4. Search for this vulnerability in the VM tool. If you are affected, apply the patch through PM -> Missing Patches
    5. Select 'Groups/Devices' in the 'Asset Source' section and click 'Apply'.
    6. Select the 'exim4' product from the 'Asset' section as shown in the below diagram.
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    7. Select 'Apply Selected Patches' at the rightmost corner. This will prompt for 'Creating Patching Task'. Fill in 'Task Name' and 'Remediation Schedule' as per your preference and click on 'Apply Selected Patches' as shown below,
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    8. Remediation job will be created, which will fix the vulnerability by upgrading the software and making the system immune to Exim vulnerabilities.
    9. Once remediation is done, the Saner agent automatically scans again and upload the result to SanerNow as shown below.
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