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SUSE: CVE-2020-28007: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
05/04/2021
Created
05/11/2021
Added
05/08/2021
Modified
02/04/2022

Description

Exim 4 before 4.94.2 allows Execution with Unnecessary Privileges. Because Exim operates as root in the log directory (owned by a non-root user), a symlink or hard link attack allows overwriting critical root-owned files anywhere on the filesystem.

Solution(s)

  • suse-upgrade-exim
  • suse-upgrade-eximon
  • suse-upgrade-eximstats-html
  • suse-upgrade-libspf2-2
  • suse-upgrade-libspf2-devel
  • suse-upgrade-libspf2-tools

References

  • CVE-2020-28007
  • USN-4934-1
  • USN-4934-2

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