{"id":"UBUNTU-CVE-2019-19920","details":"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.","modified":"2026-02-04T02:15:40.482003Z","published":"2019-12-22T18:15:00Z","related":["USN-4520-1"],"upstream":["CVE-2019-19920"],"references":[{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-19920"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugs.debian.org/946829#24"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://marc.info/?l=spamassassin-users&m=157668107325768&w=2"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://marc.info/?l=spamassassin-users&m=157668305026635&w=2"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4520-1"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-19920"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"sa-exim","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:16.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/sa-exim@4.2.1-14+deb8u1build0.16.04.1?arch=source&distro=xenial"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"4.2.1-14+deb8u1build0.16.04.1"}]}],"versions":["4.2.1-14build1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"availability":"No subscription required","binaries":[{"binary_version":"4.2.1-14+deb8u1build0.16.04.1","binary_name":"sa-exim"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2019/UBUNTU-CVE-2019-19920.json"}},{"package":{"name":"sa-exim","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:18.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/sa-exim@4.2.1-16?arch=source&distro=bionic"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["4.2.1-16"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_name":"sa-exim","binary_version":"4.2.1-16"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2019/UBUNTU-CVE-2019-19920.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}]}