Name | CVE-2019-13917 |
Description | 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). |
Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, bugtraq, EDB, Metasploit, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, Mageia, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
References | DSA-4488-1 |
The table below lists information on source packages.
Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
---|---|---|---|
exim4 (PTS) | buster | 4.92-8+deb10u6 | fixed |
buster (security) | 4.92-8+deb10u7 | fixed | |
bullseye | 4.94.2-7 | fixed | |
bookworm, sid | 4.96-15 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
exim4 | source | jessie | (not affected) | |||
exim4 | source | stretch | 4.89-2+deb9u5 | DSA-4488-1 | ||
exim4 | source | buster | 4.92-8+deb10u1 | DSA-4488-1 | ||
exim4 | source | (unstable) | 4.92-10 |
[jessie] - exim4 <not-affected> (Vulnerable code confirmed as introduced in version 4.85)
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/07/22/3
https://www.exim.org/static/doc/security/CVE-2019-13917.txt
https://git.exim.org/exim.git/commit/21aa05977abff1eaa69bb97ef99080220915f7c0