CVE-2019-19920 (GCVE-0-2019-19920)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2019-12-22 17:07 – Updated: 2024-08-05 02:32
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sa-exim 4.2.1 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code if they can write a .cf file or a rule. This occurs because Greylisting.pm relies on eval (rather than direct parsing and/or use of the taint feature). This issue is similar to CVE-2018-11805.
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