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High severity8.8NVD Advisory· Published Dec 22, 2019· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2019-19920

CVE-2019-19920

Description

sa-exim 4.2.1 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code if they can write a .cf file or a rule. This occurs because Greylisting.pm relies on eval (rather than direct parsing and/or use of the taint feature). This issue is similar to CVE-2018-11805.

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Affected products

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  • Sa Exim Project/Sa Exim
    cpe:2.3:a:sa-exim_project:sa-exim:4.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • Canonical/Ubuntu Linux
    cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:*
  • Debian/linux3 versions
    cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
    • cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • sa-exim/sa-eximdescription
  • Sa Exim/Sa Eximllm-fuzzy
    Range: <4.2.1

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