UBUNTU-CVE-2020-28021

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2020-28021

    Published: 4 May 2021Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2020-28021
    Aliases:
    USN-4934-1

    Summary:

    Details: Exim 4 before 4.94.2 has Improper Neutralization of Line Delimiters. An authenticated remote SMTP client can insert newline characters into a spool file (which indirectly leads to remote code execution as root) via AUTH= in a MAIL FROM command.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-28021, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4934-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-28021

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: exim4

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]+esm3?arch=source&distro=trusty/esm

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -4.82-3ubuntu2.4+esm3

    Affected versions

    4.80-7ubuntu3

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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