vulnerability
Amazon Linux AMI: CVE-2020-28026: Security patch for exim (ALAS-2022-1622)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) | May 4, 2021 | Aug 5, 2022 | Aug 5, 2022 |
Severity
9
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
May 4, 2021
Added
Aug 5, 2022
Modified
Aug 5, 2022
Description
Exim 4 before 4.94.2 has Improper Neutralization of Line Delimiters, relevant in non-default configurations that enable Delivery Status Notification (DSN). Certain uses of ORCPT= can place a newline into a spool header file, and indirectly allow unauthenticated remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands as root.
Solution
amazon-linux-upgrade-exim
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