Vulnerabilities > CVE-2020-8794 - Out-of-bounds Read vulnerability in multiple products
Attack vector
NETWORK Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
HIGH Integrity impact
HIGH Availability impact
HIGH network
low complexity
opensmtpd
canonical
fedoraproject
debian
CWE-125
critical
nessus
exploit available
metasploit
Summary
OpenSMTPD before 6.6.4 allows remote code execution because of an out-of-bounds read in mta_io in mta_session.c for multi-line replies. Although this vulnerability affects the client side of OpenSMTPD, it is possible to attack a server because the server code launches the client code during bounce handling.
Vulnerable Configurations
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
- Overread Buffers An adversary attacks a target by providing input that causes an application to read beyond the boundary of a defined buffer. This typically occurs when a value influencing where to start or stop reading is set to reflect positions outside of the valid memory location of the buffer. This type of attack may result in exposure of sensitive information, a system crash, or arbitrary code execution.
Exploit-Db
id EDB-ID:48185 last seen 2020-03-09 modified 2020-03-09 published 2020-03-09 reporter Exploit-DB source https://www.exploit-db.com/download/48185 title OpenSMTPD - OOB Read Local Privilege Escalation (Metasploit) id EDB-ID:48140 last seen 2020-02-26 modified 2020-02-26 published 2020-02-26 reporter Exploit-DB source https://www.exploit-db.com/download/48140 title OpenSMTPD < 6.6.3p1 - Local Privilege Escalation + Remote Code Execution
Metasploit
description | This module exploits an out-of-bounds read of an attacker-controlled string in OpenSMTPD's MTA implementation to execute a command as the root or nobody user, depending on the kind of grammar OpenSMTPD uses. |
id | MSF:EXPLOIT/UNIX/LOCAL/OPENSMTPD_OOB_READ_LPE |
last seen | 2020-06-11 |
modified | 2020-04-10 |
published | 2020-02-27 |
references | |
reporter | Rapid7 |
source | https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master//modules/exploits/unix/local/opensmtpd_oob_read_lpe.rb |
title | OpenSMTPD OOB Read Local Privilege Escalation |
Nessus
NASL family Ubuntu Local Security Checks NASL id UBUNTU_USN-4294-1.NASL 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). Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues. last seen 2020-03-18 modified 2020-03-06 plugin id 134299 published 2020-03-06 reporter Ubuntu Security Notice (C) 2020 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/134299 title Ubuntu 18.04 LTS / 19.10 : OpenSMTPD vulnerabilities (USN-4294-1) code # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were # extracted from Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4294-1. The text # itself is copyright (C) Canonical, Inc. See # <http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/>. Ubuntu(R) is a registered # trademark of Canonical, Inc. # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(134299); script_version("1.2"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2020/03/10"); script_cve_id("CVE-2020-8793", "CVE-2020-8794"); script_xref(name:"USN", value:"4294-1"); script_name(english:"Ubuntu 18.04 LTS / 19.10 : OpenSMTPD vulnerabilities (USN-4294-1)"); script_summary(english:"Checks dpkg output for updated package."); script_set_attribute( attribute:"synopsis", value:"The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"description", value: "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). Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. 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NASL family FreeBSD Local Security Checks NASL id FREEBSD_PKG_F0683976577911EA8A771C872CCB1E42.NASL description OpenSMTPD developers reports : An out of bounds read in smtpd allows an attacker to inject arbitrary commands into the envelope file which are then executed as root. Separately, missing privilege revocation in smtpctl allows arbitrary commands to be run with the _smtpq group. An unprivileged local attacker can read the first line of an arbitrary file (for example, root last seen 2020-03-18 modified 2020-02-25 plugin id 133973 published 2020-02-25 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/133973 title FreeBSD : OpenSMTPd -- LPE and RCE in OpenSMTPD's default install (f0683976-5779-11ea-8a77-1c872ccb1e42) code # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were # extracted from the FreeBSD VuXML database : # # Copyright 2003-2020 Jacques Vidrine and contributors # # Redistribution and use in source (VuXML) and 'compiled' forms (SGML, # HTML, PDF, PostScript, RTF and so forth) with or without modification, # are permitted provided that the following conditions are met: # 1. Redistributions of source code (VuXML) must retain the above # copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following # disclaimer as the first lines of this file unmodified. # 2. Redistributions in compiled form (transformed to other DTDs, # published online in any format, converted to PDF, PostScript, # RTF and other formats) must reproduce the above copyright # notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer # in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the # distribution. # # THIS DOCUMENTATION IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS" # AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, # THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR # PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR OR CONTRIBUTORS # BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, # OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT # OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR # BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, # WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE # OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS DOCUMENTATION, # EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(133973); script_version("1.4"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2020/03/06"); script_cve_id("CVE-2020-8793", "CVE-2020-8794"); script_name(english:"FreeBSD : OpenSMTPd -- LPE and RCE in OpenSMTPD's default install (f0683976-5779-11ea-8a77-1c872ccb1e42)"); script_summary(english:"Checks for updated package in pkg_info output"); script_set_attribute( attribute:"synopsis", value:"The remote FreeBSD host is missing a security-related update." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"description", value: "OpenSMTPD developers reports : An out of bounds read in smtpd allows an attacker to inject arbitrary commands into the envelope file which are then executed as root. 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NASL family FreeBSD Local Security Checks NASL id FREEBSD_PKG_40C75597574A11EABFF8C85B76CE9B5A.NASL description Qualys reports : . last seen 2020-03-18 modified 2020-02-25 plugin id 133970 published 2020-02-25 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/133970 title FreeBSD : OpenSMTPd -- LPE and RCE in OpenSMTPD's default install (40c75597-574a-11ea-bff8-c85b76ce9b5a) NASL family Debian Local Security Checks NASL id DEBIAN_DSA-4634.NASL description Qualys discovered that the OpenSMTPD SMTP server performed insufficient validation of SMTP commands, which could result in local privilege escalation or the execution of arbitrary code. last seen 2020-03-17 modified 2020-02-27 plugin id 134094 published 2020-02-27 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/134094 title Debian DSA-4634-1 : opensmtpd - security update
Packetstorm
data source https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/download/156633/opensmtpd_oob_read_lpe.rb.txt id PACKETSTORM:156633 last seen 2020-03-05 published 2020-03-05 reporter wvu source https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/156633/OpenSMTPD-Out-Of-Bounds-Read-Local-Privilege-Escalation.html title OpenSMTPD Out-Of-Bounds Read / Local Privilege Escalation data source https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/download/156534/QSA-CVE-2020-8794.txt id PACKETSTORM:156534 last seen 2020-02-25 published 2020-02-25 reporter Qualys Security Advisory source https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/156534/OpenSMTPD-Out-Of-Bounds-Read.html title OpenSMTPD Out-Of-Bounds Read
The Hacker News
id | THN:99A185A2BA5B1EE01BD7A633B37EA671 |
last seen | 2020-02-25 |
modified | 2020-02-25 |
published | 2020-02-25 |
reporter | The Hacker News |
source | https://thehackernews.com/2020/02/opensmtpd-email-vulnerability.html |
title | New OpenSMTPD RCE Flaw Affects Linux and OpenBSD Email Servers |
References
- https://www.openbsd.org/security.html
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/02/24/5
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/02/26/1
- https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4634
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Feb/32
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/03/01/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/03/01/2
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/156633/OpenSMTPD-Out-Of-Bounds-Read-Local-Privilege-Escalation.html
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4294-1/
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/05/04/7
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/OPH4QU4DNVHA7ACFXMYFCEP5PSXXPN4E/