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5 OVE ID: OVE-20190718-0006
8 Version(s): 4.85 up to and including 4.92
9 Issue: A local or remote attacker can execute programs with root
10 privileges - if you've an unusual configuration. For details
13 Coordinated Release Date (CRD) for Exim 4.92.1:
14 Thu Jul 25 10:00:00 UTC 2019
16 Contact: security@exim.org
18 We released Exim 4.92.1. This is a security update based on 4.92.
20 Conditions to be vulnerable
21 ===========================
23 If your configuration uses the ${sort } expansion for items that can be
24 controlled by an attacker (e.g. $local_part, $domain). The default
25 config, as shipped by the Exim developers, does not contain ${sort }.
30 The vulnerability is exploitable either remotely or locally and could
31 be used to execute other programs with root privilege. The ${sort }
32 expansion re-evaluates its items.
37 Do not use ${sort } in your configuration.
42 Install a fixed package supplied by your distribution.
43 or download and build a fixed version:
45 For release tarballs (exim-4.92.1):
47 http://ftp.exim.org/pub/exim/exim4/
49 The package files are signed with a key from the developers
50 key set: https://ftp.exim.org/pub/exim/Exim-Maintainers-Keyring.asc
52 For the full Git repo:
54 https://git.exim.org/exim.git
55 https://github.com/Exim/exim [mirror of the above]
57 - branch exim-4.92.1+fixes
59 The tagged commit is the officially released version. The tag is signed
60 with a key from the developers keyset. The +fixes branch isn't
61 officially maintained, but contains the security fix *and* useful
62 patches. The relevant commit is signed with a key from the developers
63 keyset. The old exim-4.92+fixes branch is being functionally replaced by
64 the new exim-4.92.1+fixes branch.
66 If you can't install the above versions, ask your package maintainer for
67 a version containing the backported fix. On request and depending on our
68 resources we will support you in backporting the fix. (Please note,
69 that Exim project officially doesn't support versions prior the current
76 - this notice to distros@vs.openwall.org and exim-maintainers@exim.org
77 - open limited access to our security Git repo. See below.
79 t0+~4d: Mon Jul 22 10:00:00 UTC 2019 [NOW]
80 - heads-up notice to oss-security@lists.openwall.com,
81 exim-users@exim.org, and exim-announce@exim.org
83 t0+~7d: Thu Jul 25 10:00:00 UTC 2019 [NOW]
84 - Coordinated relase date
85 - publish the patches in our official and public Git repositories
86 and the packages on our FTP server.