Debian DSA-1938-1 : php-mail - programming error

high Nessus Plugin ID 44803

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

It was discovered that php-mail, a PHP PEAR module for sending email, has insufficient input sanitising, which might be used to obtain sensitive data from the system that uses php-mail.

Solution

Upgrade the php-mail packages.

For the oldstable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in version 1.1.6-2+etch1.

For the stable distribution (lenny), this problem has been fixed in version 1.1.14-1+lenny1.

See Also

https://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1938

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 44803

File Name: debian_DSA-1938.nasl

Version: 1.11

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/24/2010

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:php-mail, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:4.0, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:5.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/23/2009

Reference Information

BID: 37081

DSA: 1938