CVE-2019-13917
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2019-07-25 19:07
Modified
2024-08-05 00:05
Severity ?
Summary
Exim 4.85 through 4.92 (fixed in 4.92.1) allows remote code execution as root in some unusual configurations that use the ${sort } expansion for items that can be controlled by an attacker (e.g., $local_part or $domain).
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://exim.org/static/doc/security/CVE-2019-13917.txtPatch, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/07/26/5Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Jul/51Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201909-06
cve@mitre.orghttps://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4488Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
n/an/a
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