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

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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
05/04/2021
Created
05/07/2021
Added
05/05/2021
Modified
11/15/2024

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.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-pro-upgrade-exim4-base
  • ubuntu-pro-upgrade-exim4-daemon-heavy
  • ubuntu-pro-upgrade-exim4-daemon-light

References

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