DEBIAN-CVE-2019-19920

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-19920
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2019-19920.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2019-19920
Upstream
Downstream
Published
2019-12-22T18:15:10.607Z
Modified
2025-12-12T16:18:29.693465Z
Severity
  • 8.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

sa-exim 4.2.1 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code if they can write a .cf file or a rule. This occurs because Greylisting.pm relies on eval (rather than direct parsing and/or use of the taint feature). This issue is similar to CVE-2018-11805.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / sa-exim

Package

Name
sa-exim
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/sa-exim?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
4.2.1-19

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2019-19920.json"

Debian:12 / sa-exim

Package

Name
sa-exim
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/sa-exim?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
4.2.1-19

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2019-19920.json"

Debian:13 / sa-exim

Package

Name
sa-exim
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/sa-exim?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
4.2.1-19

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2019-19920.json"