Integer Overflow or Wraparound Affecting exim package, versions <4.94.2-r0


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.24% (47th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ALPINE321-EXIM-8483720
  • published6 Dec 2024
  • disclosed6 May 2021

Introduced: 6 May 2021

CVE-2020-28009  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-190  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Alpine:3.21 exim to version 4.94.2-r0 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream exim package and not the exim package as distributed by Alpine. See How to fix? for Alpine:3.21 relevant fixed versions and status.

Exim 4 before 4.94.2 allows Integer Overflow to Buffer Overflow because get_stdinput allows unbounded reads that are accompanied by unbounded increases in a certain size variable. NOTE: exploitation may be impractical because of the execution time needed to overflow (multiple days).

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1