CVE-2020-8794

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.

Recent assessments:

wvu-r7 at February 26, 2020 1:04am UTC reported:

> If such a remote
server is controlled by an attacker (either because it is malicious or
compromised, or because of a man-in-the-middle, DNS, or BGP attack —
SMTP is not TLS-encrypted by default), then the attacker can execute
arbitrary shell commands on the vulnerable OpenSMTPD installation.

This seems to be the primary limitation for exploitation. You can’t just give OpenSMTPD an IP address. You need to control an MX host or relay, so a little more setup is required. Contrast this with CVE-2020-7247, which is directly exploitable against the server.

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