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Vulnerabilities / CVE-2019-13917

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CVE-2019-13917

exim: ${sort} in configuration leads to privilege escalation

Published Modified CWE 19
In the Trivy database since at least 24 Oct 2026, 07:11 UTCWhen it arrived before that build is not recorded.

Severity by source

NVD9.8CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Red Hat8.1CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Trivy's own label is CRITICAL. Rated critical by NVD. Rated lower by Red Hat (high), Amazon (high), Ubuntu (medium).

Description

Exim 4.85 through 4.92 (fixed in 4.92.1) allows remote code execution as root in some unusual configurations that use the ${sort } expansion for items that can be controlled by an attacker (e.g., $local_part or $domain).

Affected packages and fixed versions

SourcePackageFixed in
alpine 3.10exim4.92.1-r0
alpine 3.11exim4.92.1-r0
alpine 3.12exim4.92.1-r0
alpine 3.13exim4.92.1-r0
alpine 3.14exim4.92.1-r0
alpine 3.15exim4.92.1-r0
alpine 3.16exim4.92.1-r0
alpine 3.17exim4.92.1-r0
alpine 3.18exim4.92.1-r0
alpine 3.19exim4.92.1-r0
alpine 3.20exim4.92.1-r0
alpine 3.21exim4.92.1-r0
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SourcePackageFixed in
alpine 3.10exim4.92.1-r0
alpine 3.11exim4.92.1-r0
alpine 3.12exim4.92.1-r0
alpine 3.13exim4.92.1-r0
alpine 3.14exim4.92.1-r0
alpine 3.15exim4.92.1-r0
alpine 3.16exim4.92.1-r0
alpine 3.17exim4.92.1-r0
alpine 3.18exim4.92.1-r0
alpine 3.19exim4.92.1-r0
alpine 3.20exim4.92.1-r0
alpine 3.21exim4.92.1-r0
alpine 3.22exim4.92.1-r0
alpine 3.23exim4.92.1-r0
alpine 3.24exim4.92.1-r0
alpine 3.9exim4.92.1-r0
alpine edgeexim4.92.1-r0
amazon linux 1exim4.92-1.23.amzn1
amazon linux 1exim-debuginfo4.92-1.23.amzn1
amazon linux 1exim-greylist4.92-1.23.amzn1
amazon linux 1exim-mon4.92-1.23.amzn1
amazon linux 1exim-mysql4.92-1.23.amzn1
amazon linux 1exim-pgsql4.92-1.23.amzn1
debian 10exim44.92-8+deb10u1
debian 11exim44.92-10
debian 12exim44.92-10
debian 13exim44.92-10
debian 14exim44.92-10
debian 9exim44.89-2+deb9u5
echoexim44.92-10
ubuntu 16.04exim44.86.2-2ubuntu2.4
ubuntu 16.04-ESMexim44.86.2-2ubuntu2.4
ubuntu 18.04exim44.90.1-1ubuntu1.3
ubuntu 18.04-ESMexim44.90.1-1ubuntu1.3
ubuntu 19.04exim44.92-4ubuntu1.2

References

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