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Debian Security Advisory DSA 3416-1 (libphp-phpmailer - security update)

🗓️ 13 Dec 2015 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (c) 2015 Greenbone Networks GmbH http://greenbone.netType 
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Debian Security Advisory DSA 3416-1 (libphp-phpmailer - security update). PHPMailer vulnerability allows injection of messages through email addresses and SMTP commands containing line breaks. Upgrading libphp-phpmailer packages recommended

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# OpenVAS Vulnerability Test
# $Id: deb_3416.nasl 6609 2017-07-07 12:05:59Z cfischer $
# Auto-generated from advisory DSA 3416-1 using nvtgen 1.0
# Script version: 1.0
#
# Author:
# Greenbone Networks
#
# Copyright:
# Copyright (c) 2015 Greenbone Networks GmbH http://greenbone.net
# Text descriptions are largely excerpted from the referenced
# advisory, and are Copyright (c) the respective author(s)
#
# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
# modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
# as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
# of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
#
# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
# GNU General Public License for more details.
#
# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
#


if(description)
{
    script_id(703416);
    script_version("$Revision: 6609 $");
    script_cve_id("CVE-2015-8476");
    script_name("Debian Security Advisory DSA 3416-1 (libphp-phpmailer - security update)");
    script_tag(name: "last_modification", value: "$Date: 2017-07-07 14:05:59 +0200 (Fri, 07 Jul 2017) $");
    script_tag(name: "creation_date", value: "2015-12-13 00:00:00 +0100 (Sun, 13 Dec 2015)");
    script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"5.0");
    script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N");
    script_tag(name: "solution_type", value: "VendorFix");
    script_tag(name: "qod_type", value: "package");

    script_xref(name: "URL", value: "http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3416.html");


    script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);

    script_copyright("Copyright (c) 2015 Greenbone Networks GmbH http://greenbone.net");
    script_family("Debian Local Security Checks");
    script_dependencies("gather-package-list.nasl");
    script_mandatory_keys("ssh/login/debian_linux", "ssh/login/packages");
    script_tag(name: "affected",  value: "libphp-phpmailer on Debian Linux");
    script_tag(name: "insight",   value: "Many PHP developers utilize email in
their code. The only PHP function that supports this is the mail() function.
However, it does not expose any of the popular features that many email clients
use nowadays like HTML-based emails and attachments. There are two proprietary
development tools out there that have all the functionality built into
easy to use classes: AspEmail(tm) and AspMail. Both of these
programs are COM components only available on Windows.");
    script_tag(name: "solution",  value: "For the oldstable distribution
(wheezy), this problem has been fixed in version 5.1-1.1.

For the stable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in
version 5.2.9+dfsg-2+deb8u1.

For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in
version 5.2.14+dfsg-1.

We recommend that you upgrade your libphp-phpmailer packages.");
    script_tag(name: "summary",   value: "Takeshi Terada discovered a vulnerability
in PHPMailer, a PHP library for email transfer, used by many CMSs. The library
accepted email addresses and SMTP commands containing line breaks, which can be
abused by an attacker to inject messages.");
    script_tag(name: "vuldetect", value: "This check tests the installed software
version using the apt package manager.");
    exit(0);
}

include("revisions-lib.inc");
include("pkg-lib-deb.inc");

res = "";
report = "";
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"libphp-phpmailer", ver:"5.1-1.1", rls_regex:"DEB7.[0-9]+")) != NULL) {
    report += res;
}
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"libphp-phpmailer", ver:"5.2.9+dfsg-2+deb8u1", rls_regex:"DEB8.[0-9]+")) != NULL) {
    report += res;
}

if (report != "") {
    security_message(data:report);
} else if (__pkg_match) {
    exit(99); # Not vulnerable.
}

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