CVE-2020-28024

Public on 2021-05-06
Modified on 2022-08-05
Description
Exim 4 before 4.94.2 allows Buffer Underwrite that may result in unauthenticated remote attackers executing arbitrary commands, because smtp_ungetc was only intended to push back characters, but can actually push back non-character error codes such as EOF.
Severity
Critical severity
Critical
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CVSS v3 Base Score
9.8
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Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory Status
Amazon Linux 1 exim 2022-08-05 ALAS-2022-1622 Fixed

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv2 7.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Amazon Linux CVSSv3 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD CVSSv2 7.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
NVD CVSSv3 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H