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Amazon Linux AMI: CVE-2019-16928: Security patch for exim (ALAS-2019-1310)

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Amazon Linux AMI: CVE-2019-16928: Security patch for exim (ALAS-2019-1310)

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
09/27/2019
Created
03/05/2020
Added
10/26/2019
Modified
10/21/2022

Description

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.

Solution(s)

  • amazon-linux-upgrade-exim

References

  • ALAS-2019-1310
  • USN-4141-1
  • CVE-2019-16928

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