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CVE-2019-15846

Exim before 4.92.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code as root via a trailing backslash.

Published

2019-09-06T11:15:11.620

Last Modified

2024-11-21T04:29:36.007

Status

Modified

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.0: 9.8 (CRITICAL)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: COMPLETE
Integrity Impact: COMPLETE
Availability Impact: COMPLETE

Exploitability Score

10.0

Impact Score

10.0

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
NVD-CWE-noinfo

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	exim	exim	< 4.92.2	Yes
Operating System	debian	debian_linux	8.0	Yes
Operating System	debian	debian_linux	9.0	Yes
Operating System	debian	debian_linux	10.0	Yes

References

http://exim.org/static/doc/security/CVE-2019-15846.txt Mitigation, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00024.html ([email protected])
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/09/06/2 ([email protected])
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/09/06/4 ([email protected])
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/09/06/5 ([email protected])
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/09/06/6 ([email protected])
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/09/06/8 ([email protected])
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/09/07/1 ([email protected])
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/09/07/2 ([email protected])
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/09/08/1 ([email protected])
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/09/09/1 ([email protected])
https://exim.org/static/doc/security/CVE-2019-15846.txt ([email protected])
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/09/msg00004.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FT3GY7V7SR2RHKNZNQCGXFWUSILVSZNU/ ([email protected])
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/NDF37AUNETIOXY6ZLQAUBGBVUTMMV242/ ([email protected])
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SBNHDAF74RI6VK2JVSEIE3VYNL7JJDYM/ ([email protected])
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Sep/13 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201909-06 ([email protected])
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4124-1/ ([email protected])
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4124-2/ ([email protected])
https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4517 ([email protected])
https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/672565 ([email protected])
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/09/06/1 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://exim.org/static/doc/security/CVE-2019-15846.txt Mitigation, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00024.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/09/06/2 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/09/06/4 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/09/06/5 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/09/06/6 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/09/06/8 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/09/07/1 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/09/07/2 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/09/08/1 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/09/09/1 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://exim.org/static/doc/security/CVE-2019-15846.txt (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/09/msg00004.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FT3GY7V7SR2RHKNZNQCGXFWUSILVSZNU/ (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/NDF37AUNETIOXY6ZLQAUBGBVUTMMV242/ (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SBNHDAF74RI6VK2JVSEIE3VYNL7JJDYM/ (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Sep/13 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201909-06 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4124-1/ (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4124-2/ (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4517 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/672565 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/09/06/1 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)