Debian DSA-3769-1 : libphp-swiftmailer - security update

critical Nessus Plugin ID 96668

Synopsis

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

Description

Dawid Golunski from LegalHackers discovered that PHP Swift Mailer, a mailing solution for PHP, did not correctly validate user input. This allowed a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code by passing specially formatted email addresses in specific email headers.

Solution

Upgrade the libphp-swiftmailer packages.

For the stable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in version 5.2.2-1+deb8u1.

See Also

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=849626

https://packages.debian.org/source/jessie/libphp-swiftmailer

https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3769

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 96668

File Name: debian_DSA-3769.nasl

Version: 3.7

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/23/2017

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libphp-swiftmailer, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:8.0

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/22/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-10074

DSA: 3769