OpenSMTPD < 5.7.2 Use-after-free Vulnerability
🗓️ 12 Nov 2025 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2025 Greenbone AGType
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| Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 20 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| opensmtpd: multiple issues | 8 Oct 201500:00 | – | archlinux | |
| The vulnerability of the OpenSMTPD mail daemon on the Fedora operating system allows a hacker to cause a service failure or execute arbitrary code. | 23 Nov 201700:00 | – | bdu_fstec | |
| OpenSMTPD Memory Misreference Vulnerability | 23 Oct 201500:00 | – | cnvd | |
| CVE-2015-7687 | 16 Oct 201718:00 | – | cve | |
| CVE-2015-7687 | 16 Oct 201718:00 | – | cvelist | |
| CVE-2015-7687 | 16 Oct 201718:00 | – | debiancve | |
| OpenSMTPD -- multiple vulnerabilities | 2 Oct 201500:00 | – | freebsd | |
| [SECURITY] Fedora 23 Update: opensmtpd-5.7.3p1-1.fc23 | 1 Nov 201503:31 | – | fedora | |
| [SECURITY] Fedora 22 Update: opensmtpd-5.7.3p1-1.fc22 | 20 Oct 201501:56 | – | fedora | |
| Fedora 23 : opensmtpd-5.7.3p1-1.fc23 (2015-ed1c673f09) | 4 Mar 201600:00 | – | nessus |
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| Source | Link |
|---|---|
| bugzilla | www.bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi |
| openwall | www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/10/03/1 |
# 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("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.125491");
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:"7.5");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.0/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:"2017-11-01 11:50:35 +0000 (Wed, 01 Nov 2017)");
script_cve_id("CVE-2015-7687");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"executable_version_unreliable");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_name("OpenSMTPD < 5.7.2 Use-after-free Vulnerability");
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 a use-after-free vulnerability.");
script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"A use-after-free vulnerability in OpenSMTPD allows remote
attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or execute arbitrary code via vectors involving
req_ca_vrfy_smtp and req_ca_vrfy_mta.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"OpenSMTPD prior to version 5.7.2.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update to version 5.7.2 or later.");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1268793");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/10/03/1");
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: "5.7.2")) {
report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "5.7.2", install_path: location);
security_message(port: port, data: report);
exit(0);
}
exit(99);
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CVSS 27.5
CVSS 39.8
EPSS0.03923