CVE-2019-19920

NameCVE-2019-19920
Descriptionsa-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.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDLA-2062-1
Debian Bugs947198

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
sa-exim (PTS)buster4.2.1-17vulnerable
sid, trixie, bookworm, bullseye4.2.1-20fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
sa-eximsourcejessie4.2.1-14+deb8u1DLA-2062-1
sa-eximsource(unstable)4.2.1-19947198

Notes

[buster] - sa-exim <no-dsa> (Minor issue; can be fixed via point release)
[stretch] - sa-exim <no-dsa> (Minor issue; can be fixed via point release)
https://bugs.debian.org/946829#24
https://marc.info/?l=spamassassin-users&m=157668107325768&w=2
https://marc.info/?l=spamassassin-users&m=157668305026635&w=2
The issue is "effectively" mitigating due to the CVE-2018-11805 fix in
spamassassin, making the Greylisting.pm non-functional (and so a functional
regression as well as tracked in #946829). The security implications are
as well documented in /usr/share/doc/sa-exim/README.greylisting.gz

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