Out-of-bounds Read Affecting opensmtpd package, versions <6.6.4p1-1


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Mature
EPSS
87.97% (99th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU2010-OPENSMTPD-1029312
  • published24 Feb 2020
  • disclosed25 Feb 2020

Introduced: 24 Feb 2020

CVE-2020-8794  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:20.10 opensmtpd to version 6.6.4p1-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream opensmtpd package and not the opensmtpd package as distributed by Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:20.10 relevant fixed versions and status.

OpenSMTPD before 6.6.4 allows remote code execution because of an out-of-bounds read in mta_io in mta_session.c for multi-line replies. Although this vulnerability affects the client side of OpenSMTPD, it is possible to attack a server because the server code launches the client code during bounce handling.

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