vulnerability
Exim: Out-of-bounds Write (CVE-2019-16928)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) | Sep 27, 2019 | Sep 30, 2019 | Nov 27, 2024 |
Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Sep 27, 2019
Added
Sep 30, 2019
Modified
Nov 27, 2024
Description
Exim 4.92 through 4.92.2 allows remote code execution, a different vulnerability than CVE-2019-15846. There is a heap-based buffer overflow in string_vformat in string.c involving a long EHLO command.
Solution
exim-upgrade-latest
References
- CVE-2019-16928
- https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2019-16928
- URL-http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/09/28/1
- URL-http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/09/28/2
- URL-http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/09/28/3
- URL-http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/09/28/4
- URL-https://bugs.exim.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2449
- URL-https://git.exim.org/exim.git/commit/478effbfd9c3cc5a627fc671d4bf94d13670d65f
- URL-https://lists.exim.org/lurker/message/20190927.032457.c1044d4c.en.html
- URL-https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/EED7HM3MFIBAP5OIMJAFJ35JAJABTVSC/
- URL-https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/T3TJW4HPYH3O5HZCWGD6NSHTEBTTAPDC/
- URL-https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UY6HPRW7MR3KBQ5JFHH6OXM7YCZBJCOB/
- URL-https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Sep/60
- URL-https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-47
- URL-https://usn.ubuntu.com/4141-1/
- URL-https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4536
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