DEBIAN-CVE-2020-28013

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-28013
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2020-28013.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2020-28013
Upstream
Published
2021-05-06T13:15:09Z
Modified
2025-09-25T02:18:13.796355Z
Summary
[none]
Details

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.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / exim4

Package

Name
exim4
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/exim4?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
4.94.2-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:12 / exim4

Package

Name
exim4
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/exim4?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
4.94.2-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:13 / exim4

Package

Name
exim4
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/exim4?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
4.94.2-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:14 / exim4

Package

Name
exim4
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/exim4?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
4.94.2-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}