cve-2020-28020
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2021-05-06 04:10
Modified
2024-08-04 16:25
Severity ?
Summary
Exim 4 before 4.92 allows Integer Overflow to Buffer Overflow, in which an unauthenticated remote attacker can execute arbitrary code by leveraging the mishandling of continuation lines during header-length restriction.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/07/25/1Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/08/03/1Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://www.exim.org/static/doc/security/CVE-2020-qualys/CVE-2020-28020-HSIZE.txtPatch, Third Party Advisory
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