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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
+<glsa id="202003-47">
+ <title>Exim: Heap-based buffer overflow</title>
+ <synopsis>A vulnerability in Exim could allow a remote attacker to execute
+ arbitrary code.
+ </synopsis>
+ <product type="ebuild"></product>
+ <announced>2020-03-20</announced>
+ <revised count="1">2020-03-20</revised>
+ <bug>701282</bug>
+ <access>remote</access>
+ <affected>
+ <package name="mail-mta/exim" auto="yes" arch="*">
+ <unaffected range="ge">4.92.3</unaffected>
+ <vulnerable range="lt">4.92.3</vulnerable>
+ </package>
+ </affected>
+ <background>
+ <p>Exim is a message transfer agent (MTA) designed to be a a highly
+ configurable, drop-in replacement for sendmail.
+ </p>
+ </background>
+ <description>
+ <p>It was discovered that Exim incorrectly handled certain string
+ operations.
+ </p>
+ </description>
+ <impact type="high">
+ <p>A remote attacker, able to connect to a vulnerable Exim instance, could
+ possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the process or
+ cause a Denial of Service condition.
+ </p>
+ </impact>
+ <workaround>
+ <p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p>
+ </workaround>
+ <resolution>
+ <p>All Exim users should upgrade to the latest version:</p>
+
+ <code>
+ # emerge --sync
+ # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=mail-mta/exim-4.92.3"
+ </code>
+
+ </resolution>
+ <references>
+ <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-16928">CVE-2019-16928</uri>
+ </references>
+ <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2020-03-20T18:44:44Z">whissi</metadata>
+ <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2020-03-20T18:48:39Z">whissi</metadata>
+</glsa>