Buffer Overflow Affecting exim4 package, versions <4.92.2-3
Threat Intelligence
Exploit Maturity
Mature
EPSS
67.68% (99th
percentile)
Do your applications use this vulnerable package?
In a few clicks we can analyze your entire application and see what components are vulnerable in your application, and suggest you quick fixes.
Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN11-EXIM4-523161
- published 27 Sep 2019
- disclosed 27 Sep 2019
Introduced: 27 Sep 2019
CVE-2019-16928 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Debian:11 exim4 to version 4.92.2-3 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 4.92 through 4.92.2 allows remote code execution, a different vulnerability than CVE-2019-15846. There is a heap-based buffer overflow in string_vformat in string.c involving a long EHLO command.
References
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-16928
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-16928
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Sep/60
- https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4536
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/EED7HM3MFIBAP5OIMJAFJ35JAJABTVSC/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/T3TJW4HPYH3O5HZCWGD6NSHTEBTTAPDC/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UY6HPRW7MR3KBQ5JFHH6OXM7YCZBJCOB/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-47
- https://bugs.exim.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2449
- https://git.exim.org/exim.git/commit/478effbfd9c3cc5a627fc671d4bf94d13670d65f
- https://lists.exim.org/lurker/message/20190927.032457.c1044d4c.en.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/09/28/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/09/28/2
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/09/28/3
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/09/28/4
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2019-16928
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4141-1/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/EED7HM3MFIBAP5OIMJAFJ35JAJABTVSC/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/T3TJW4HPYH3O5HZCWGD6NSHTEBTTAPDC/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UY6HPRW7MR3KBQ5JFHH6OXM7YCZBJCOB/
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog
CVSS Scores
version 3.1