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Red Hat: CVE-2020-12783: exim: out-of-bounds read in the SPA authenticator can lead to SPA/NTLM authentication bypass in auths/spa.c and auths/auth-spa.c

Name: Red Hat: CVE-2020-12783: exim: out-of-bounds read in the SPA authenticator can lead to SPA/NTLM authentication bypass in auths/spa.c and auths/auth-spa.c
Creator: Red Hat
Published: 2020-05-11T00:00:00.000Z
Keywords: CVE, Red Hat, 2020, 12783, exim, no-fix-redhat-rpm-package, Severity 5

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Severity

CVSS

(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)

Published

May 11, 2020

Added

Jul 9, 2025

Modified

Jul 9, 2025

Description

Exim through 4.93 has an out-of-bounds read in the SPA authenticator that could result in SPA/NTLM authentication bypass in auths/spa.c and auths/auth-spa.c.

Solution

no-fix-redhat-rpm-package

References

NVD-CVE-2020-12783

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