7.5
HIGH
CVE-2020-35679
OpenSMTPD Regex Lookup Memory Leak
Description

smtpd/table.c in OpenSMTPD before 6.8.0p1 lacks a certain regfree, which might allow attackers to trigger a "very significant" memory leak via messages to an instance that performs many regex lookups.

INFO

Published Date :

Dec. 24, 2020, 4:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 5:27 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

3.6

Exploitability Score :

3.9
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2020-35679 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Fedoraproject fedora
1 Opensmtpd opensmtpd
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2020-35679 vulnerability over time.

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  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://github.com/openbsd/src/commit/79a034b4aed29e965f45a13409268290c9910043
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5LKTFBQCHGMVPR4IZWHQIYAPM5J3LN3J/
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TYAYXRV2DM5K4RU7RHCDZSA2UF6VCTRC/
    Added Reference https://poolp.org/posts/2020-12-24/december-2020-opensmtpd-6.8.0p1-released-fixed-several-bugs-proposed-several-diffs-book-is-on-github/
    Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202105-12
    Added Reference https://www.mail-archive.com/misc%40opensmtpd.org/msg05188.html
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 07, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference MITRE https://www.mail-archive.com/misc%40opensmtpd.org/msg05188.html [No types assigned]
    Added Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TYAYXRV2DM5K4RU7RHCDZSA2UF6VCTRC/ [No types assigned]
    Added Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5LKTFBQCHGMVPR4IZWHQIYAPM5J3LN3J/ [No types assigned]
    Removed Reference MITRE https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg05188.html
    Removed Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/5LKTFBQCHGMVPR4IZWHQIYAPM5J3LN3J/
    Removed Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/TYAYXRV2DM5K4RU7RHCDZSA2UF6VCTRC/
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Apr. 26, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed CVSS V2 NIST (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
    Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
    Removed CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202105-12 No Types Assigned https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202105-12 Third Party Advisory
  • CWE Remap by [email protected]

    Jul. 21, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CWE CWE-772 CWE-401
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 26, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202105-12 [No Types Assigned]
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Mar. 26, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/5LKTFBQCHGMVPR4IZWHQIYAPM5J3LN3J/ No Types Assigned https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/5LKTFBQCHGMVPR4IZWHQIYAPM5J3LN3J/ Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/TYAYXRV2DM5K4RU7RHCDZSA2UF6VCTRC/ No Types Assigned https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/TYAYXRV2DM5K4RU7RHCDZSA2UF6VCTRC/ Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:32:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:33:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jan. 30, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/5LKTFBQCHGMVPR4IZWHQIYAPM5J3LN3J/ [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/TYAYXRV2DM5K4RU7RHCDZSA2UF6VCTRC/ [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Dec. 31, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/openbsd/src/commit/79a034b4aed29e965f45a13409268290c9910043 No Types Assigned https://github.com/openbsd/src/commit/79a034b4aed29e965f45a13409268290c9910043 Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://poolp.org/posts/2020-12-24/december-2020-opensmtpd-6.8.0p1-released-fixed-several-bugs-proposed-several-diffs-book-is-on-github/ No Types Assigned https://poolp.org/posts/2020-12-24/december-2020-opensmtpd-6.8.0p1-released-fixed-several-bugs-proposed-several-diffs-book-is-on-github/ Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg05188.html No Types Assigned https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg05188.html Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
    Added CWE NIST CWE-772
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:opensmtpd:opensmtpd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 6.8.0 *cpe:2.3:a:opensmtpd:opensmtpd:6.8.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:opensmtpd:opensmtpd:6.8.0:patch1-rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

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Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.48 }} 0.03%

score

0.75489

percentile

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