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Ubuntu: USN-4520-1 (CVE-2019-19920): Exim SpamAssassin vulnerability

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Ubuntu: USN-4520-1 (CVE-2019-19920): Exim SpamAssassin vulnerability

Severity
9
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
12/22/2019
Created
09/22/2020
Added
09/19/2020
Modified
03/22/2023

Description

sa-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.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-sa-exim

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