# CVE-2023-29323: ascii\_load\_sockaddr in smtpd in OpenBSD before 7.1 errata 024 and 7.2 before errata 020, and OpenSMTPD Portable before 7.0.0-portable commit

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2023-04-04 · Updated: 2025-11-04

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

ascii_load_sockaddr in smtpd in OpenBSD before 7.1 errata 024 and 7.2 before errata 020, and OpenSMTPD Portable before 7.0.0-portable commit f748277, can abort upon a connection from a local, scoped IPv6 address.

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## Related

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## References

- https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/7.2/common/020_smtpd.patch.sig
- https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/7.1/common/024_smtpd.patch.sig
- https://cvsweb.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/usr.sbin/smtpd/envelope.c.diff?r1=1.49&r2=1.49.4.1&f=h
- https://cvsweb.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/usr.sbin/smtpd/envelope.c.diff?r1=1.50&r2=1.50.4.1&f=h
- https://cvsweb.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/usr.sbin/smtpd/envelope.c.diff?r1=1.50&r2=1.51&f=h
- https://github.com/OpenSMTPD/OpenSMTPD/commit/41d0eae481f538956b1f1fbadfb535043454061f
- https://github.com/openbsd/src/commit/f748277ed1fc7065ae8998d61ed78b9ab1e55fae
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230526-0006/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/GZBNQBHCM6PIOUR6I5GEQS35XYT2NX6T/

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