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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2020-28026): Exim vulnerabilities

Severity
9
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
May 4, 2021
Added
May 5, 2021
Modified
Apr 16, 2026

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.

Solutions

ubuntu-pro-upgrade-exim4-baseubuntu-pro-upgrade-exim4-daemon-heavyubuntu-pro-upgrade-exim4-daemon-lightubuntu-upgrade-exim4-baseubuntu-upgrade-exim4-daemon-heavyubuntu-upgrade-exim4-daemon-light
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