CVE-2020-7247

Source
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-7247
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2020-7247.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2020-7247
Downstream
Published
2020-01-29T16:15:12Z
Modified
2025-09-19T12:21:58.205077Z
Severity
  • 9.8 (Critical) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

smtpmailaddr in smtpsession.c in OpenSMTPD 6.6, as used in OpenBSD 6.6 and other products, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands as root via a crafted SMTP session, as demonstrated by shell metacharacters in a MAIL FROM field. This affects the "uncommented" default configuration. The issue exists because of an incorrect return value upon failure of input validation.

References

Affected packages

Alpine:v3.11

opensmtpd

Package

Name
opensmtpd
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/opensmtpd?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
6.6.2p1-r0

Affected versions

5.*

5.7.1p1-r0
5.7.1p1-r1
5.7.1p1-r2
5.7.2p1-r0
5.7.3p1-r0
5.7.3p1-r1
5.7.3p2-r0
5.7.3p2-r1
5.9.2p1-r0
5.9.2p1-r1
5.9.2p1-r2
5.9.2p1-r3

6.*

6.0.2p1-r0
6.0.2p1-r1
6.0.2p1-r2
6.0.2p1-r3
6.0.2p1-r4
6.0.2p1-r5
6.0.2p1-r6
6.0.2p1-r7
6.0.2p1-r8
6.0.3p1-r0
6.0.3p1-r1
6.0.3p1-r2
6.0.3p1-r3
6.0.3p1-r4
6.4.2p1-r0
6.4.2p1-r1
6.4.2p1-r2
6.6.1p1-r0
6.6.1p1-r1
6.6.1p1-r2

Alpine:v3.12

opensmtpd

Package

Name
opensmtpd
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/opensmtpd?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
6.6.2p1-r0

Affected versions

5.*

5.7.1p1-r0
5.7.1p1-r1
5.7.1p1-r2
5.7.2p1-r0
5.7.3p1-r0
5.7.3p1-r1
5.7.3p2-r0
5.7.3p2-r1
5.9.2p1-r0
5.9.2p1-r1
5.9.2p1-r2
5.9.2p1-r3

6.*

6.0.2p1-r0
6.0.2p1-r1
6.0.2p1-r2
6.0.2p1-r3
6.0.2p1-r4
6.0.2p1-r5
6.0.2p1-r6
6.0.2p1-r7
6.0.2p1-r8
6.0.3p1-r0
6.0.3p1-r1
6.0.3p1-r2
6.0.3p1-r3
6.0.3p1-r4
6.4.2p1-r0
6.4.2p1-r1
6.4.2p1-r2
6.6.1p1-r0
6.6.1p1-r1
6.6.1p1-r2
6.6.1p1-r3

Alpine:v3.13

opensmtpd

Package

Name
opensmtpd
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/opensmtpd?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
6.6.2p1-r0

Affected versions

5.*

5.7.1p1-r0
5.7.1p1-r1
5.7.1p1-r2
5.7.2p1-r0
5.7.3p1-r0
5.7.3p1-r1
5.7.3p2-r0
5.7.3p2-r1
5.9.2p1-r0
5.9.2p1-r1
5.9.2p1-r2
5.9.2p1-r3

6.*

6.0.2p1-r0
6.0.2p1-r1
6.0.2p1-r2
6.0.2p1-r3
6.0.2p1-r4
6.0.2p1-r5
6.0.2p1-r6
6.0.2p1-r7
6.0.2p1-r8
6.0.3p1-r0
6.0.3p1-r1
6.0.3p1-r2
6.0.3p1-r3
6.0.3p1-r4
6.4.2p1-r0
6.4.2p1-r1
6.4.2p1-r2
6.6.1p1-r0
6.6.1p1-r1
6.6.1p1-r2
6.6.1p1-r3

Alpine:v3.14

opensmtpd

Package

Name
opensmtpd
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/opensmtpd?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
6.6.2p1-r0

Affected versions

5.*

5.7.1p1-r0
5.7.1p1-r1
5.7.1p1-r2
5.7.2p1-r0
5.7.3p1-r0
5.7.3p1-r1
5.7.3p2-r0
5.7.3p2-r1
5.9.2p1-r0
5.9.2p1-r1
5.9.2p1-r2
5.9.2p1-r3

6.*

6.0.2p1-r0
6.0.2p1-r1
6.0.2p1-r2
6.0.2p1-r3
6.0.2p1-r4
6.0.2p1-r5
6.0.2p1-r6
6.0.2p1-r7
6.0.2p1-r8
6.0.3p1-r0
6.0.3p1-r1
6.0.3p1-r2
6.0.3p1-r3
6.0.3p1-r4
6.4.2p1-r0
6.4.2p1-r1
6.4.2p1-r2
6.6.1p1-r0
6.6.1p1-r1
6.6.1p1-r2
6.6.1p1-r3

Alpine:v3.15

opensmtpd

Package

Name
opensmtpd
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/opensmtpd?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
6.6.2p1-r0

Affected versions

5.*

5.7.1p1-r0
5.7.1p1-r1
5.7.1p1-r2
5.7.2p1-r0
5.7.3p1-r0
5.7.3p1-r1
5.7.3p2-r0
5.7.3p2-r1
5.9.2p1-r0
5.9.2p1-r1
5.9.2p1-r2
5.9.2p1-r3

6.*

6.0.2p1-r0
6.0.2p1-r1
6.0.2p1-r2
6.0.2p1-r3
6.0.2p1-r4
6.0.2p1-r5
6.0.2p1-r6
6.0.2p1-r7
6.0.2p1-r8
6.0.3p1-r0
6.0.3p1-r1
6.0.3p1-r2
6.0.3p1-r3
6.0.3p1-r4
6.4.2p1-r0
6.4.2p1-r1
6.4.2p1-r2
6.6.1p1-r0
6.6.1p1-r1
6.6.1p1-r2
6.6.1p1-r3

Alpine:v3.16

opensmtpd

Package

Name
opensmtpd
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/opensmtpd?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
6.6.2p1-r0

Affected versions

5.*

5.7.1p1-r0
5.7.1p1-r1
5.7.1p1-r2
5.7.2p1-r0
5.7.3p1-r0
5.7.3p1-r1
5.7.3p2-r0
5.7.3p2-r1
5.9.2p1-r0
5.9.2p1-r1
5.9.2p1-r2
5.9.2p1-r3

6.*

6.0.2p1-r0
6.0.2p1-r1
6.0.2p1-r2
6.0.2p1-r3
6.0.2p1-r4
6.0.2p1-r5
6.0.2p1-r6
6.0.2p1-r7
6.0.2p1-r8
6.0.3p1-r0
6.0.3p1-r1
6.0.3p1-r2
6.0.3p1-r3
6.0.3p1-r4
6.4.2p1-r0
6.4.2p1-r1
6.4.2p1-r2
6.6.1p1-r0
6.6.1p1-r1
6.6.1p1-r2
6.6.1p1-r3

Git

github.com/openbsd/src

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/openbsd/src
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Fixed

Database specific

{
    "vanir_signatures": [
        {
            "signature_version": "v1",
            "target": {
                "file": "usr.sbin/smtpd/smtp_session.c"
            },
            "deprecated": false,
            "source": "https://github.com/openbsd/src/commit/9dcfda045474d8903224d175907bfc29761dcb45",
            "digest": {
                "line_hashes": [
                    "146958479146620846539546414962359749417",
                    "145804354479718942648469601420943504881",
                    "50866359851508526042491977853727488282",
                    "207177037661277233987566775936640071114",
                    "256454692897472681432177734798303501079",
                    "333579557200389565105833963070610317524",
                    "151964549180595370813610698553145369373",
                    "164042760444352403035042736481382744972",
                    "157779360057984813910033772595342582972",
                    "128067893643618281774819757885083806704",
                    "92864325646592764248353712193035702172",
                    "80056390225257104560475256115545599826",
                    "33586722040586328695311359832171375475",
                    "116533349178807723563281035809734756036",
                    "319598776653868670885544067356391424772",
                    "134792771592966456779690561609829698813",
                    "43264858727266399511000037806169423068"
                ],
                "threshold": 0.9
            },
            "signature_type": "Line",
            "id": "CVE-2020-7247-1439a3f1"
        },
        {
            "signature_version": "v1",
            "target": {
                "file": "usr.sbin/smtpd/smtp_session.c",
                "function": "smtp_mailaddr"
            },
            "deprecated": false,
            "source": "https://github.com/openbsd/src/commit/9dcfda045474d8903224d175907bfc29761dcb45",
            "digest": {
                "length": 902.0,
                "function_hash": "81829132623799367638487615930946742238"
            },
            "signature_type": "Function",
            "id": "CVE-2020-7247-ba7fc816"
        }
    ]
}