USN-4075-1

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    USN-4075-1

    Published: 25 Jul 2019Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026

    Summary: exim4 vulnerability

    Details: Jeremy Harris discovered that Exim incorrectly handled sort expansions. In environments where sort expansions are used, a remote attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code as root.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4075-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-13917

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: exim4

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=xenial

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -4.86.2-2ubuntu2.4

    Affected versions

    4.86-3ubuntu1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High