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Status published
Medium
CVE-2020-8793
OpenSMTPD before 6.6.4 allows local users to read arbitrary files...
Vulnerability Description
OpenSMTPD before 6.6.4 allows local users to read arbitrary files (e.g., on some Linux distributions) because of a combination of an untrusted search path in makemap.c and race conditions in the offline functionality in smtpd.c.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- https://www.openbsd.org/security.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/02/24/4
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Feb/28
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/OPH4QU4DNVHA7ACFXMYFCEP5PSXXPN4E/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4294-1/
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Affected Vendor
opensmtpd
View all reports →Affected Software
opensmtpd, fedora, ubuntu linux
Vulnerable Versions:
0, 32, 18.04, 19.10
Timeline
Official Publish:
February 25th, 2020
Last Modified:
August 4th, 2024
Added to House:
July 21st, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.