Critical OpenSMTPD Bug Opens Linux and OpenBSD Mail Servers to Hackers

From thehackernews.com

OpenSMTPD OpenBSD Mail Server

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new critical vulnerability (CVE-2020-7247) in the OpenSMTPD email server that could allow remote attackers to take complete control over BSD and many Linux based servers.

OpenSMTPD is an open-source implementation of the server-side SMTP protocol that was initially developed as part of the OpenBSD project but now comes pre-installed on many UNIX-based systems.

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