USN-4294-1

Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4294-1
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-4294-1.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/USN-4294-1
Upstream
Related
Published
2020-03-02T18:17:27.830367Z
Modified
2025-10-13T04:35:05Z
Summary
OpenSMTPD vulnerabilities
Details

It was discovered that OpenSMTPD mishandled certain input. A remote, unauthenticated attacker could use this vulnerability to execute arbitrary shell commands as any non-root user. (CVE-2020-8794)

It was discovered that OpenSMTPD did not properly handle hardlinks under certain conditions. An unprivileged local attacker could read the first line of any file on the filesystem. (CVE-2020-8793)

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS / opensmtpd

Package

Name
opensmtpd
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/opensmtpd@6.0.3p1-1ubuntu0.2?arch=source&distro=bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
6.0.3p1-1ubuntu0.2

Affected versions

6.*

6.0.2p1-2build1
6.0.3p1-1
6.0.3p1-1build1
6.0.3p1-1ubuntu0.1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "opensmtpd",
            "binary_version": "6.0.3p1-1ubuntu0.2"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

cves_map

{
    "cves": [
        {
            "severity": [
                {
                    "type": "CVSS_V3",
                    "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N"
                },
                {
                    "type": "Ubuntu",
                    "score": "low"
                }
            ],
            "id": "CVE-2020-8793"
        },
        {
            "severity": [
                {
                    "type": "CVSS_V3",
                    "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
                },
                {
                    "type": "Ubuntu",
                    "score": "high"
                }
            ],
            "id": "CVE-2020-8794"
        }
    ],
    "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:18.04:LTS"
}