Bug 1821773 (CVE-2020-8015) - CVE-2020-8015 exim: Symlink Following could result in privilege escalation
Summary: CVE-2020-8015 exim: Symlink Following could result in privilege escalation
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Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Alias: CVE-2020-8015
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 1821775 1821776
Blocks: 1821774
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Reported: 2020-04-07 15:18 UTC by Michael Kaplan
Modified: 2020-04-07 18:46 UTC (History)
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Fixed In Version: exim 4.93.0.4-3.1
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Last Closed: 2020-04-07 18:46:48 UTC
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Description Michael Kaplan 2020-04-07 15:18:05 UTC 
A UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following vulnerability in the packaging of exim allows local attackers to escalate from user mail to root.
Comment 1 Michael Kaplan 2020-04-07 15:19:00 UTC 
Created exim tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: epel-all [bug 1821776]
Affects: fedora-all [bug 1821775]
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