CVE-2019-15846

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Summary

CVECVE-2019-15846
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2019-09-06 11:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 03:05:00 UTC
DescriptionExim before 4.92.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code as root via a trailing backslash.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-noinfo

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 10.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 10.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Application Exim Exim All All All All
Application Exim Exim All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
oss-security - Re: Sv: [exim] CVE-2019-15846: Exim - local or remote attacker can execute programs with root privileges MLIST www.openwall.com
oss-security - Re: Sv: [exim] CVE-2019-15846: Exim - local or remote attacker can execute programs with root privileges MLIST www.openwall.com
exim.org/static/doc/security/CVE-2019-15846.txt MISC exim.org Mitigation, Vendor Advisory
Bugtraq: [SECURITY] [DSA 4517-1] exim4 security update BUGTRAQ seclists.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 29 Update: exim-4.92.2-1.fc29 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
oss-security - Re: CVE-2019-15846: Exim - local or remote attacker can execute programs with root privileges. MISC www.openwall.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
oss-security - Re: Sv: [exim] CVE-2019-15846: Exim - local or remote attacker can execute programs with root privileges MLIST www.openwall.com
VU#672565 - Exim fails to properly handle trailing backslashes in string_interpret_escape() CERT-VN www.kb.cert.org
exim.org/static/doc/security/CVE-2019-15846.txt MISC exim.org
oss-security - Re: CVE-2019-15846: Exim - local or remote attacker can execute programs with root privileges. MLIST www.openwall.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-4517-1 exim4 DEBIAN www.debian.org
oss-security - Re: Re: CVE-2019-15846: Exim - local or remote attacker can execute programs with root privileges. MLIST www.openwall.com
Exim: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201909-06) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org
[SECURITY] [DLA 1911-1] exim4 security update MLIST lists.debian.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
oss-security - Re: CVE-2019-15846: Exim - local or remote attacker can execute programs with root privileges. MLIST www.openwall.com
USN-4124-2: Exim vulnerability | Ubuntu security notices | Ubuntu UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 31 Update: exim-4.92.2-1.fc31 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
USN-4124-1: Exim vulnerability | Ubuntu security notices UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com
oss-security - Sv: [exim] CVE-2019-15846: Exim - local or remote attacker can execute programs with root privileges MLIST www.openwall.com
oss-security - Re: CVE-2019-15846: Exim - local or remote attacker can execute programs with root privileges. MLIST www.openwall.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 30 Update: exim-4.92.2-1.fc30 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 29 Update: exim-4.92.2-1.fc29 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
oss-security - Re: Re: CVE-2019-15846: Exim - local or remote attacker can execute programs with root privileges. MLIST www.openwall.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 30 Update: exim-4.92.2-1.fc30 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2019:2093-1: important: Security update SUSE lists.opensuse.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 31 Update: exim-4.92.2-1.fc31 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 500890 Alpine Linux Security Update for exim
  • 504723 Alpine Linux Security Update for exim
  • 710126 Gentoo Linux Exim Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201909-06)
  • 750227 OpenSUSE Security Update for exim (openSUSE-SU-2021:0677-1)
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