OpenSMTPD < 6.6.4 Multiple Vulnerabilities (Feb 2020)
🗓️ 12 Nov 2025 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2025 Greenbone AGType
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| Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 68 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenSMTPD 6.6.3 - Arbitrary File Read Exploit | 26 Feb 202000:00 | – | zdt | |
| OpenSMTPD < 6.6.3p1 - Local Privilege Escalation / Remote Code Execution Exploit | 26 Feb 202000:00 | – | zdt | |
| OpenSMTPD Out-Of-Bounds Read / Local Privilege Escalation Exploit | 6 Mar 202000:00 | – | zdt | |
| OpenSMTPd -- LPE and RCE in OpenSMTPD's default install | 24 Feb 202000:00 | – | freebsd | |
| OpenSMTPd -- Local information disclosure | 24 Feb 202000:00 | – | freebsd | |
| OpenSMTPd -- LPE and RCE in OpenSMTPD's default install | 22 Feb 202000:00 | – | freebsd | |
| CVE-2020-8794 | 25 Feb 202017:15 | – | attackerkb | |
| CVE-2020-8793 | 25 Feb 202017:15 | – | attackerkb | |
| CVE-2020-8794 | 25 Feb 202016:38 | – | alpinelinux | |
| [ASA-202002-13] opensmtpd: arbitrary command execution | 29 Feb 202000:00 | – | archlinux |
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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2025 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
CPE = "cpe:/a:openbsd:opensmtpd";
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.125490");
script_version("2025-11-14T05:39:48+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2025-11-14 05:39:48 +0000 (Fri, 14 Nov 2025)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2025-11-12 14:30:00 +0000 (Wed, 12 Nov 2025)");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"10.0");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2020-02-26 18:37:12 +0000 (Wed, 26 Feb 2020)");
script_cve_id("CVE-2020-8793", "CVE-2020-8794");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"executable_version_unreliable");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_name("OpenSMTPD < 6.6.4 Multiple Vulnerabilities (Feb 2020)");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2025 Greenbone AG");
script_family("General");
script_dependencies("gb_opensmtpd_consolidation.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("opensmtpd/detected");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"OpenSMTPD is prone to multiple vulnerabilities.");
script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The following flaws exist:
- CVE-2020-8793: Untrusted search path in makemap.c combined with race
conditions in offline functionality allows local users to read arbitrary
files.
- CVE-2020-8794: Out-of-bounds read in mta_io in mta_session.c for multi-line
replies allows remote code execution. The vulnerability affects the client side
but can attack a server because server code launches client code during bounce
handling.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"OpenSMTPD prior to version 6.6.4.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update to version 6.6.4 or later.");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://www.openbsd.org/security.html");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4634");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/03/01/2");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Feb/32");
exit(0);
}
include("host_details.inc");
include("version_func.inc");
if (isnull(port = get_app_port(cpe: CPE)))
exit(0);
if (!infos = get_app_version_and_location(cpe: CPE, port: port, exit_no_version: TRUE))
exit(0);
version = infos["version"];
location = infos["location"];
if (version_is_less(version: version, test_version: "6.6.4")) {
report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "6.6.4", install_path: location);
security_message(port: port, data: report);
exit(0);
}
exit(99);
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