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DEBIAN-CVE-2020-28019

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...

Original description

The description as published by the source.

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.

Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) OSV

Affected packages

Debian:12 exim4

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"4.94.2-1"}]}]

Debian:13 exim4

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"4.94.2-1"}]}]

Debian:14 exim4

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"4.94.2-1"}]}]

References

advisory security-tracker.debian.org