CVE-2020-28015

Public on 2021-05-06
Modified on 2021-05-07
Description

Exim 4 before 4.94.2 has Improper Neutralization of Line Delimiters. Local users can alter the behavior of root processes because a recipient address can have a newline character.

Severity
Important
See what this means
CVSS v3 Base Score
7.8
See breakdown

Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory
Amazon Linux 1 exim 2021-05-06 19:11 ALAS-2021-1497

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv2 7.2 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Amazon Linux CVSSv3 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD CVSSv2 7.2 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
NVD CVSSv3 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

Red Hat: CVE-2020-28015 Mitre: CVE-2020-28015 FAQs regarding Amazon Linux ALAS/CVE Severity