CVE-2019-16928

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  3. CVE-2019-16928
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.

9.8 /10

CVSS v3 : CRITICAL

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

7.5 /10

CVSS v2.0 : HIGH

V2 Legend

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

Exploitability : 10.0 / Impact : 6.4

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References
Link Resource
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/09/28/1 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/09/28/2 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/09/28/3 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/09/28/4 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://bugs.exim.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2449 Issue Tracking Patch Vendor Advisory
https://git.exim.org/exim.git/commit/478effbfd9c3cc5a627fc671d4bf94d13670d65f Patch Third Party Advisory
https://lists.exim.org/lurker/message/20190927.032457.c1044d4c.en.html Vendor Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/EED7HM3MFIBAP5OIMJAFJ35JAJABTVSC/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/T3TJW4HPYH3O5HZCWGD6NSHTEBTTAPDC/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UY6HPRW7MR3KBQ5JFHH6OXM7YCZBJCOB/
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Sep/60 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-47 Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4141-1/ Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4536 Third Party Advisory
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:exim:exim:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:19.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 3 (hide)

cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 4 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:29:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:30:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:31:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
History

07 Nov 2023, 03:06

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References
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  • {'url': 'https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UY6HPRW7MR3KBQ5JFHH6OXM7YCZBJCOB/', 'name': 'FEDORA-2019-e080507ba5', 'tags': ['Mailing List', 'Third Party Advisory'], 'refsource': 'FEDORA'}
  • {'url': 'https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/T3TJW4HPYH3O5HZCWGD6NSHTEBTTAPDC/', 'name': 'FEDORA-2019-006dfc94cd', 'tags': ['Mailing List', 'Third Party Advisory'], 'refsource': 'FEDORA'}
  • () https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UY6HPRW7MR3KBQ5JFHH6OXM7YCZBJCOB/ -
  • () https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/T3TJW4HPYH3O5HZCWGD6NSHTEBTTAPDC/ -
  • () https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/EED7HM3MFIBAP5OIMJAFJ35JAJABTVSC/ -

31 Mar 2022, 17:50

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time Fedoraproject fedora
Fedoraproject
CPE cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:29:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:31:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:30:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CWE CWE-120 CWE-787
References (MISC) https://bugs.exim.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2449 - Permissions Required (MISC) https://bugs.exim.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2449 - Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
References (GENTOO) https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-47 - (GENTOO) https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-47 - Third Party Advisory
References (FEDORA) https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/EED7HM3MFIBAP5OIMJAFJ35JAJABTVSC/ - (FEDORA) https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/EED7HM3MFIBAP5OIMJAFJ35JAJABTVSC/ - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
References (MLIST) http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/09/28/4 - Third Party Advisory (MLIST) http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/09/28/4 - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
References (FEDORA) https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UY6HPRW7MR3KBQ5JFHH6OXM7YCZBJCOB/ - (FEDORA) https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UY6HPRW7MR3KBQ5JFHH6OXM7YCZBJCOB/ - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
References (FEDORA) https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/T3TJW4HPYH3O5HZCWGD6NSHTEBTTAPDC/ - (FEDORA) https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/T3TJW4HPYH3O5HZCWGD6NSHTEBTTAPDC/ - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
References (BUGTRAQ) https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Sep/60 - Third Party Advisory (BUGTRAQ) https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Sep/60 - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Information

Published : 2019-09-27 21:15

Updated : 2023-12-10 13:13

NVD link : CVE-2019-16928

Mitre link : CVE-2019-16928

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2019-16928

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Products Affected

debian

  • debian_linux

exim

  • exim

canonical

  • ubuntu_linux

fedoraproject

  • fedora
CWE
CWE-787

Out-of-bounds Write