Bug 692394 (CVE-2019-13917)

Summary:	<mail-mta/exim-4.92.1-r1: ${sort} in configuration leads to privilege escalation (CVE-2019-13917)
Product:	Gentoo Security	Reporter:	GLSAMaker/CVETool Bot <glsamaker>
Component:	Vulnerabilities	Assignee:	Gentoo Security <security>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	major	CC:	grobian
Priority:	Normal
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:	A2 [glsa+ cve]
Package list:	mail-mta/exim-4.92.1-r1	Runtime testing required:	---
Bug Depends on:	693494
Bug Blocks:

Description GLSAMaker/CVETool Bot gentoo-dev

2019-08-17 22:44:30 UTC

CVE-2019-13917 (https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-13917):
  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).

Comment 1 Thomas Deutschmann (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2019-09-06 15:38:26 UTC

New GLSA request filed.

Comment 2 GLSAMaker/CVETool Bot gentoo-dev

2019-09-07 00:25:21 UTC

This issue was resolved and addressed in
 GLSA 201909-06 at https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201909-06
by GLSA coordinator Thomas Deutschmann (whissi).