Description
Exim 4 before 4.94.2 has Improper Neutralization of Line Delimiters. An authenticated remote SMTP client can insert newline characters into a spool file (which indirectly leads to remote code execution as root) via AUTH= in a MAIL FROM command.
Published: 2021-05-06
Score: 8.8 High
EPSS: 5.6% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-2650-1 exim4 security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-4912-1 exim4 security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2020-20512 Exim 4 before 4.94.2 has Improper Neutralization of Line Delimiters. An authenticated remote SMTP client can insert newline characters into a spool file (which indirectly leads to remote code execution as root) via AUTH= in a MAIL FROM command.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-4934-1 Exim vulnerabilities
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-04T16:25:44.156Z

Reserved: 2020-10-30T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2020-28021

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Status : Modified

Published: 2021-05-06T13:15:09.640

Modified: 2024-11-21T05:22:13.363

Link: CVE-2020-28021

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