CVE-2019-15846 Affecting exim4 package, versions <4.92.1-3
Snyk CVSS
Attack Complexity
Low
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
19.65% (97th
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN11-EXIM4-520919
- published 4 Sep 2019
- disclosed 6 Sep 2019
Introduced: 4 Sep 2019
CVE-2019-15846 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Debian:11
exim4
to version 4.92.1-3 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream exim4
package and not the exim4
package as distributed by Debian
.
See How to fix?
for Debian:11
relevant fixed versions and status.
Exim before 4.92.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code as root via a trailing backslash.
References
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-15846
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-15846
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Sep/13
- https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/672565
- https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4517
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/09/msg00004.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FT3GY7V7SR2RHKNZNQCGXFWUSILVSZNU/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/NDF37AUNETIOXY6ZLQAUBGBVUTMMV242/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SBNHDAF74RI6VK2JVSEIE3VYNL7JJDYM/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201909-06
- http://exim.org/static/doc/security/CVE-2019-15846.txt
- https://exim.org/static/doc/security/CVE-2019-15846.txt
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00024.html
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/09/06/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/09/06/2
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/09/06/4
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/09/06/5
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/09/06/6
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/09/06/8
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/09/07/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/09/07/2
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/09/08/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/09/09/1
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4124-2/
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2019-15846
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4124-1/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FT3GY7V7SR2RHKNZNQCGXFWUSILVSZNU/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/NDF37AUNETIOXY6ZLQAUBGBVUTMMV242/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SBNHDAF74RI6VK2JVSEIE3VYNL7JJDYM/