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Alpine Linux: CVE-2020-28008: Improper Privilege Management

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Alpine Linux: CVE-2020-28008: Improper Privilege Management

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
05/06/2021
Created
08/23/2024
Added
08/22/2024
Modified
10/02/2024

Description

Exim 4 before 4.94.2 allows Execution with Unnecessary Privileges. Because Exim operates as root in the spool directory (owned by a non-root user), an attacker can write to a /var/spool/exim4/input spool header file, in which a crafted recipient address can indirectly lead to command execution.

Solution(s)

  • alpine-linux-upgrade-exim

References

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