UBUNTU-CVE-2020-12783

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-12783
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2020/UBUNTU-CVE-2020-12783.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2020-12783
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Downstream
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Published
2020-05-11T14:15:00Z
Modified
2025-09-08T16:46:08Z
Severity
  • 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

Exim through 4.93 has an out-of-bounds read in the SPA authenticator that could result in SPA/NTLM authentication bypass in auths/spa.c and auths/auth-spa.c.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS / exim4

Package

Name
exim4
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/exim4@4.82-3ubuntu2.4+esm2?arch=source&distro=trusty/esm

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
4.82-3ubuntu2.4+esm2

Affected versions

4.*

4.80-7ubuntu3
4.80-7ubuntu4
4.80-9ubuntu1
4.80-9ubuntu2
4.82-3ubuntu1
4.82-3ubuntu2
4.82-3ubuntu2.1
4.82-3ubuntu2.2
4.82-3ubuntu2.3
4.82-3ubuntu2.4
4.82-3ubuntu2.4+esm1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "exim4",
            "binary_version": "4.82-3ubuntu2.4+esm2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "exim4-base",
            "binary_version": "4.82-3ubuntu2.4+esm2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "exim4-config",
            "binary_version": "4.82-3ubuntu2.4+esm2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "exim4-daemon-heavy",
            "binary_version": "4.82-3ubuntu2.4+esm2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "exim4-daemon-light",
            "binary_version": "4.82-3ubuntu2.4+esm2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "exim4-dev",
            "binary_version": "4.82-3ubuntu2.4+esm2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "eximon4",
            "binary_version": "4.82-3ubuntu2.4+esm2"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro"
}

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / exim4

Package

Name
exim4
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/exim4@4.86.2-2ubuntu2.6?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
4.86.2-2ubuntu2.6

Affected versions

4.*

4.86-3ubuntu1
4.86-7ubuntu1
4.86-7ubuntu2
4.86-7ubuntu3
4.86.2-2ubuntu1
4.86.2-2ubuntu2
4.86.2-2ubuntu2.1
4.86.2-2ubuntu2.2
4.86.2-2ubuntu2.3
4.86.2-2ubuntu2.4
4.86.2-2ubuntu2.5

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "exim4",
            "binary_version": "4.86.2-2ubuntu2.6"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "exim4-base",
            "binary_version": "4.86.2-2ubuntu2.6"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "exim4-config",
            "binary_version": "4.86.2-2ubuntu2.6"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "exim4-daemon-heavy",
            "binary_version": "4.86.2-2ubuntu2.6"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "exim4-daemon-light",
            "binary_version": "4.86.2-2ubuntu2.6"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "exim4-dev",
            "binary_version": "4.86.2-2ubuntu2.6"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "eximon4",
            "binary_version": "4.86.2-2ubuntu2.6"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS / exim4

Package

Name
exim4
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/exim4@4.90.1-1ubuntu1.5?arch=source&distro=bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
4.90.1-1ubuntu1.5

Affected versions

4.*

4.89-5ubuntu1
4.89-9ubuntu1
4.89-9ubuntu2
4.89-9ubuntu3
4.89-9ubuntu4
4.90.1-1ubuntu1
4.90.1-1ubuntu1.1
4.90.1-1ubuntu1.2
4.90.1-1ubuntu1.3
4.90.1-1ubuntu1.4

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "exim4",
            "binary_version": "4.90.1-1ubuntu1.5"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "exim4-base",
            "binary_version": "4.90.1-1ubuntu1.5"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "exim4-config",
            "binary_version": "4.90.1-1ubuntu1.5"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "exim4-daemon-heavy",
            "binary_version": "4.90.1-1ubuntu1.5"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "exim4-daemon-light",
            "binary_version": "4.90.1-1ubuntu1.5"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "exim4-dev",
            "binary_version": "4.90.1-1ubuntu1.5"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "eximon4",
            "binary_version": "4.90.1-1ubuntu1.5"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS / exim4

Package

Name
exim4
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/exim4@4.93-13ubuntu1.1?arch=source&distro=focal

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
4.93-13ubuntu1.1

Affected versions

4.*

4.92.1-1ubuntu3
4.92.1-1ubuntu4
4.93~RC2-1ubuntu1
4.93-9ubuntu1
4.93-11ubuntu1
4.93-12ubuntu1
4.93-13ubuntu1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "exim4",
            "binary_version": "4.93-13ubuntu1.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "exim4-base",
            "binary_version": "4.93-13ubuntu1.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "exim4-config",
            "binary_version": "4.93-13ubuntu1.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "exim4-daemon-heavy",
            "binary_version": "4.93-13ubuntu1.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "exim4-daemon-light",
            "binary_version": "4.93-13ubuntu1.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "exim4-dev",
            "binary_version": "4.93-13ubuntu1.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "eximon4",
            "binary_version": "4.93-13ubuntu1.1"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}