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Exim: Data Processing Errors (CVE-2019-13917)

Severity
10
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Jul 25, 2019
Added
Aug 21, 2019
Modified
Aug 21, 2019

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).

Solution

exim-upgrade-4_92_1
Title
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