Alpine: multiple exim packages: security update to 4.92.1-r0 (deprecated)

critical Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 400519

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

- Exim before 4.92.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code as root via a trailing backslash.
(CVE-2019-15846)

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 400519

Version: Revision 1.23

Type: Local

Family: Alpine Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 8/16/2023

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.15

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-15846

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/7/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/6/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-15846

IAVA: 2019-A-0320-S

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