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CVE-2019-16928

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Date: September 27, 2019

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.

Language: C

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Related Resources (19)

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UY6HPRW7MR3KBQ5JFHH6OXM7YCZBJCOB/
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/09/28/4
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/EED7HM3MFIBAP5OIMJAFJ35JAJABTVSC/
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4141-1/
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Sep/60
https://bugs.exim.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2449
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-16928
https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4536
https://lists.exim.org/lurker/message/20190927.032457.c1044d4c.en.html
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-47
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/09/28/1
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/09/28/3
https://git.exim.org/exim.git/commit/478effbfd9c3cc5a627fc671d4bf94d13670d65f
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/09/28/2
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/T3TJW4HPYH3O5HZCWGD6NSHTEBTTAPDC/
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-16928
https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2019-16928
https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2019-16928
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2019-16928

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Weakness Type (CWE)

Out-of-bounds Write

CWE-787

Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')

CWE-120

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CVSS v3.1

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