CVE-2023-29323 The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package opensmtpd (opens in a new tab)
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- published12 Jul 2025
- disclosed4 Apr 2023
Introduced: 4 Apr 2023
CVE-2023-29323 (opens in a new tab)Amendment
The Ubuntu security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Ubuntu:16.04.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream opensmtpd package and not the opensmtpd package as distributed by Ubuntu.
ascii_load_sockaddr in smtpd in OpenBSD before 7.1 errata 024 and 7.2 before errata 020, and OpenSMTPD Portable before 7.0.0-portable commit f748277, can abort upon a connection from a local, scoped IPv6 address.
References
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2023-29323
- https://github.com/OpenSMTPD/OpenSMTPD/blob/41d0eae481f538956b1f1fbadfb535043454061f/usr.sbin/smtpd/envelope.c#L280
- https://cvsweb.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/usr.sbin/smtpd/envelope.c.diff?r1=1.49&r2=1.49.4.1&f=h
- https://cvsweb.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/usr.sbin/smtpd/envelope.c.diff?r1=1.50&r2=1.50.4.1&f=h
- https://cvsweb.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/usr.sbin/smtpd/envelope.c.diff?r1=1.50&r2=1.51&f=h
- https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/7.1/common/024_smtpd.patch.sig
- https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/7.2/common/020_smtpd.patch.sig
- https://github.com/OpenSMTPD/OpenSMTPD/commit/41d0eae481f538956b1f1fbadfb535043454061f
- https://github.com/openbsd/src/commit/f748277ed1fc7065ae8998d61ed78b9ab1e55fae
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/GZBNQBHCM6PIOUR6I5GEQS35XYT2NX6T/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/GZBNQBHCM6PIOUR6I5GEQS35XYT2NX6T/
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230526-0006/