| Name | CVE-2019-15846 |
| Description | Exim before 4.92.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code as root via a trailing backslash. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-1911-1, DSA-4517-1 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| exim4 (PTS) | bullseye (security), bullseye | 4.94.2-7+deb11u3 | fixed |
| bookworm, bookworm (security) | 4.96-15+deb12u5 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 4.98-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
Notes
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/09/04/1
https://git.exim.org/exim.git/commit/2600301ba6dbac5c9d640c87007a07ee6dcea1f4