Security Vulnerability: SMTP Smuggling attack

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Environment

Any product running postfix / sendmail.

Situation

Security researchers have reviewed attacks against the SMTP protocol.

The attack could allow attackers to inject fake emails while bypassing some of the SMTP origin assurance methods like SPF. The attack relies on incorrect handling of the <CR><LF>.<CR><LF> sequence of the protocol of the SMTP data phase in some email servers.

While some hosted services are primary affected, also postfix and sendmail e-mail servers are affected and could receive smuggled emails.

Following CVEs were assigned:

CVE-2023-51764 for postfix
CVE-2023-51765 for sendmail
CVE-2023-51766 for exim

Resolution

Postfix will provide an option to disable this bundling of e-mails:

smtpd_forbid_unauth_pipelining = yes

Postfix updates with this option backported and default enabled will be released in the next days.
Solutions for sendmail will be provided once available.

Additional Information

Researcher URL:
https://sec-consult.com/blog/detail/smtp-smuggling-spoofing-e-mails-worldwide/

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Document ID:000021307
Creation Date: 27-Dec-2023
Modified Date:27-Dec-2023
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