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CVE-2019-13917

Date: July 25, 2019

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).

Language: C

Severity Score

9.8

Related Resources (10)

Url: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/07/26/5

Url: https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Jul/51

Url: https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4488

Url: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-13917

Url: http://exim.org/static/doc/security/CVE-2019-13917.txt

Url: https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2019-13917

Url: https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2019-13917

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-13917

Url: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201909-06

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2019-13917

Severity Score

9.8

Weakness Type (CWE)

Data Handling

CWE-19

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	9.8
Attack Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	HIGH
Integrity (I):	HIGH
Availability (A):	HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:	10.0
Access Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC):	LOW
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	COMPLETE
Integrity (I):	COMPLETE
Availability (A):	COMPLETE
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