2 OVE ID: OVE-20190718-0006
5 Version(s): 4.85 up to and including 4.92
6 Issue: A local or remote attacker can execute programs with root
7 privileges - if you've an unusual configuration. See below.
9 Conditions to be vulnerable
10 ===========================
12 If your configuration uses the ${sort } expansion for items that can be
13 controlled by an attacker (e.g. $local_part, $domain). The default
14 config, as shipped by the Exim developers, does not contain ${sort }.
19 The vulnerability is exploitable either remotely or locally and could
20 be used to execute other programs with root privilege. The ${sort }
21 expansion re-evaluates its items.
26 Do not use ${sort } in your configuration.
31 Download and build a fixed version:
33 Tarballs: http://ftp.exim.org/pub/exim/exim4/
34 Git: https://github.com/Exim/exim.git
36 - branch exim-4.92+fixes
38 The tagged commit is the officially released version. The +fixes branch
39 isn't officially maintained, but contains useful patches *and* the
42 If you can't install the above versions, ask your package maintainer for
43 a version containing the backported fix. On request and depending on our
44 resources we will support you in backporting the fix. (Please note,
45 that Exim project officially doesn't support versions prior the current