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Alpine Linux: CVE-2020-28012: Vulnerability in Multiple Components

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
May 6, 2021
Added
Aug 22, 2024
Modified
Jun 18, 2026

Description

Exim 4 before 4.94.2 allows Exposure of File Descriptor to Unintended Control Sphere because rda_interpret uses a privileged pipe that lacks a close-on-exec flag.

Solution

alpine-linux-upgrade-exim
Title
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