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.
CVSS Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HCanonical Ubuntu
OSCanonical19.04Debian
OSDebian10.0Exim
APPExim4.92 – 4.92.2Fedora Project Fedora
OSFedoraproject293031
CISA KEV — detailsi
- Vendori
- Exim
- Producti
- Exim Internet Mailer
- Added to KEVi
- March 3, 2022
- Remediation deadline (US Federal)i
- March 17, 2022(overdue)
Required action (CISA)i
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
CISA descriptioni
Exim contains an out-of-bounds write vulnerability which can allow for remote code execution.
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IMMEDIATE ACTION
Actively exploited in the wild (CISA KEV). Patch immediately.
⏰CISA DEADLINE: 17 marca 2022
Tags
RCEMemory
References
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