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CVE-2020-8793

MEDIUM
4.7CVSS
Published: 2020-02-25
Updated: 2024-11-21
AI Analysis

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.

CVSS Metrics

Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack Vector
local
Complexity
high
Privileges
low
User Action
none
Scope
unchanged
Confidentiality
high
Integrity
none
Availability
none
Weaknesses
CWE-367CWE-426

Metadata

Primary Vendor
OPENSMTPD
Published
2/25/2020
Last Modified
11/21/2024
Source
NIST NVD
Note: Verify all details with official vendor sources before applying patches.

Affected Products

opensmtpd : opensmtpdfedoraproject : fedoracanonical : ubuntu_linuxcanonical : ubuntu_linux

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