DEBIAN-CVE-2020-28019

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-28019
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2020-28019.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2020-28019
Upstream
Published
2021-05-06T13:15:09.587Z
Modified
2025-11-14T04:01:20.334292Z
Severity
  • 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

Exim 4 before 4.94.2 has Improper Initialization that can lead to recursion-based stack consumption or other consequences. This occurs because use of certain getc functions is mishandled when a client uses BDAT instead of DATA.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / exim4

Package

Name
exim4
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/exim4?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
4.94.2-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2020-28019.json"

Debian:12 / exim4

Package

Name
exim4
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/exim4?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
4.94.2-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2020-28019.json"

Debian:13 / exim4

Package

Name
exim4
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/exim4?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
4.94.2-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2020-28019.json"

Debian:14 / exim4

Package

Name
exim4
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/exim4?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
4.94.2-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2020-28019.json"