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Alpine: multiple exim packages: security update to 4.92.2-r1

critical Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 427156

Description

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

 - Exim 4.92 through 4.92.2 allows remote code execution, a different vulnerability than CVE-2019-15846.
 There is a heap-based buffer overflow in string_vformat in string.c involving a long EHLO command.
 (CVE-2019-16928)

See Also

https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2019-16928

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 427156

Version: Revision 1.4

Type: Local

Published: 5/16/2025

Updated: 12/26/2025

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.9

Percentile: 97.36

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-16928

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 9.1

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:F/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/27/2019

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability Due Dates: 3/17/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-16928