CVE-2020-28020

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.

CVSS v3 9.8 CRITICAL
CVSS v2.0 7.5 HIGH

9.8^/10

CVSS v3 : CRITICAL

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

7.5^/10

CVSS v2.0 : HIGH

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Exploitability : 10.0 / Impact : 6.4

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/07/25/1	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/08/03/1	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://www.exim.org/static/doc/security/CVE-2020-qualys/CVE-2020-28020-HSIZE.txt	Patch Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:exim:exim:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

03 Sep 2021, 16:00

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References		(MLIST) http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/08/03/1 - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
References	~~(MISC) https://www.exim.org/static/doc/security/CVE-2020-qualys/CVE-2020-28020-HSIZE.txt - Third Party Advisory~~	(MISC) https://www.exim.org/static/doc/security/CVE-2020-qualys/CVE-2020-28020-HSIZE.txt - Patch, Third Party Advisory
References	~~(MLIST) http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/07/25/1 -~~	(MLIST) http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/07/25/1 - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
CWE		CWE-120

03 Aug 2021, 03:15

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References		(MLIST) http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/07/25/1 -

Information

Published : 2021-05-06 13:15

Updated : 2024-02-04 21:47

NVD link : CVE-2020-28020

Mitre link : CVE-2020-28020

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2020-28020

JSON object : View

Products Affected

exim

exim

CWE

CWE-190

Integer Overflow or Wraparound

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