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Alpine: multiple exim packages: security update to 4.92.1-r0

critical Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 404244

Description

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

 - 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). (CVE-2019-13917)

See Also

https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2019-13917

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 404244

Version: Revision 1.31

Type: Local

Published: 10/31/2023

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: 57.12

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-13917

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

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:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/13/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-13917

BID: 109338

IAVB: 2019-B-0047-S