CVE-2023-51764
Medium · CVSS 5.3- CVSS
- 5.3
- nvd
- EPSS
- —
- KEV
- No
- Class
- oss containerizable
- CWE-345
Description
Postfix through 3.8.5 allows SMTP smuggling unless configured with smtpd_data_restrictions=reject_unauth_pipelining and smtpd_discard_ehlo_keywords=chunking (or certain other options that exist in recent versions). Remote attackers can use a published exploitation technique to inject e-mail messages with a spoofed MAIL FROM address, allowing bypass of an SPF protection mechanism. This occurs because Postfix supports <LF>.<CR><LF> but some other popular e-mail servers do not. To prevent attack variants (by always disallowing <LF> without <CR>), a different solution is required, such as the smtpd_forbid_bare_newline=yes option with a Postfix minimum version of 3.5.23, 3.6.13, 3.7.9, 3.8.4, or 3.9.
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/12/24/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/12/25/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/05/09/3
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-51764
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2255563
- https://fahrplan.events.ccc.de/congress/2023/fahrplan/events/11782.html
- https://github.com/duy-31/CVE-2023-51764
- https://github.com/eeenvik1/CVE-2023-51764
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/01/msg00020.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JQ5WXFCW2N6G2PH3JXDTYW5PH5EBQEGO/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/QRLF5SOS7TP5N7FQSEK2NFNB44ISVTZC/
- https://lwn.net/Articles/956533/
Status: profiled · ingested 2026-10-09T00:00:43.000Z