vulnerability
Exim: Failure to reset function pointer after BDAT error (CVE-2020-28019)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) | May 6, 2021 | May 13, 2021 | Apr 7, 2026 |
Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
May 6, 2021
Added
May 13, 2021
Modified
Apr 7, 2026
Description
Exim 4 before 4.94.2 has Improper Initialization that can lead to recursion-based stack consumption or other consequences. This occurs because use of certain getc functions is mishandled when a client uses BDAT instead of DATA.
Solution
exim-upgrade-4_94_2
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