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CVE-2019-15846

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Date: September 6, 2019

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

Language: C

Severity Score

9.8

Related Resources (32)

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00024.html

Url: https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2019-15846

Url: https://exim.org/static/doc/security/CVE-2019-15846.txt

Url: https://usn.ubuntu.com/4124-2/

Url: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/NDF37AUNETIOXY6ZLQAUBGBVUTMMV242/

Url: https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2019-15846

Url: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/09/07/2

Url: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/09/08/1

Url: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/09/06/2

Url: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/09/07/1

Url: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/NDF37AUNETIOXY6ZLQAUBGBVUTMMV242/

Url: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SBNHDAF74RI6VK2JVSEIE3VYNL7JJDYM/

Url: http://exim.org/static/doc/security/CVE-2019-15846.txt

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-15846

Url: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-15846

Url: https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Sep/13

Url: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/09/06/5

Url: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/09/06/4

Url: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/09/09/1

Url: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/09/06/6

Url: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FT3GY7V7SR2RHKNZNQCGXFWUSILVSZNU/

Url: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/09/06/8

Url: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SBNHDAF74RI6VK2JVSEIE3VYNL7JJDYM/

Url: https://usn.ubuntu.com/4124-1/

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

Url: https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/672565

Url: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-15846

Url: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FT3GY7V7SR2RHKNZNQCGXFWUSILVSZNU/

Url: https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/09/msg00004.html

Url: https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/09/06/1

Url: https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4517

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2019-15846

Severity Score

9.8

Weakness Type (CWE)

Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

CWE-119

Insufficient Information

NVD-CWE-noinfo

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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