CVE-2020-28013
high
CVSS v3
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CVSS v2
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VIR risk
8.0
Description
Exim 4 before 4.94.2 allows Heap-based Buffer Overflow because it mishandles "-F '.('" on the command line, and thus may allow privilege escalation from any user to root. This occurs because of the interpretation of negative sizes in strncpy.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-28013
OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| arch | fixed | 4.94.2-1 | |
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 4.94.2-1 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 4.94.2-1 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 4.94.2-1 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 4.94.2-1 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 4.94.2-1 |
References
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.