OpenSMTPD vulnerabilities
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
Several security issues were fixed in opensmtpd.
Software Description
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
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 19.10
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
Several security issues were fixed in opensmtpd.
Software Description
- opensmtpd - secure, reliable, lean, and easy-to configure SMTP server
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
Continue reading...
