Check Point Advisories

Exim Mail Server Remote Code Execution (CVE-2019-16928)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2019-1445
Date Published:	23 Oct 2019
Severity:	Critical
Last Updated:	Sunday 01 March, 2020
Source:
Industry Reference:	CVE-2019-16928
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?	Project Exim 4.92 Project Exim 4.92.1 Project Exim 4.92.2
Vulnerability Description	A buffer overflow vulnerability exists in Exim server. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the affected system or cause application crashes.

Protection Overview

This protection detects attempts to exploit this vulnerability.

In order for the protection to be activated, update your Security Gateway product to the latest IPS update. For information on how to update IPS, go to SBP-2006-05, click on Protection tab and select the version of your choice.

Security Gateway R80 / R77 / R75

In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the Exim Mail Server Remote Code Execution (CVE-2019-16928) protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
Install policy on all Security Gateways.

This protection's log will contain the following information:

Attack Name: SMTP Protection Violation.
Attack Information: Exim Mail Server Remote Code Execution (CVE-2019-16928)