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Critical 1 exploited CVE USN-4268-1 1 CVE

OpenSMTPD vulnerability

Published Feb 5, 2020 · Updated Feb 10, 2026

Summary

It was discovered that OpenSMTPD incorrectly verified the sender's or
receiver's e-mail addresses under certain conditions. An attacker could use
this vulnerability to execute arbitrary commands as root.

Fixed packages 1

ReleasePackageFixed in
Ubuntu · 18.04 LTS 18.04:LTS opensmtpd 6.0.3p1-1ubuntu0.1

Vulnerabilities 1

References

  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-7247