vulnerability
Exim: Heap buffer overflow in parse_fix_phrase() (CVE-2020-28013)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) | May 6, 2021 | May 13, 2021 | Apr 7, 2026 |
Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
May 6, 2021
Added
May 13, 2021
Modified
Apr 7, 2026
Description
Exim 4 before 4.94.2 allows Heap-based Buffer Overflow because it mishandles "-F '.('" on the command line, and thus may allow privilege escalation from any user to root. This occurs because of the interpretation of negative sizes in strncpy.
Solution
exim-upgrade-4_94_2
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