USN-4294-1: OpenSMTPD vulnerabilities
OpenSMTPD vulnerabilities
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 19.10
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
Summary
Several security issues were fixed in opensmtpd.
Software Description
- opensmtpd – secure, reliable, lean, and easy-to configure SMTP server
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)
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
- Ubuntu 19.10
- opensmtpd – 6.0.3p1-6ubuntu0.2
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- opensmtpd – 6.0.3p1-1ubuntu0.2
To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
References
Source: USN-4294-1: OpenSMTPD vulnerabilities
