cpython: python: email module doesn't properly quotes newlines in email headers, allowing header injection

A vulnerability was found in the email module that uses Python language. The email module doesn't properly quote new lines in email headers. This flaw allows an attacker to inject email headers that could, among other possibilities, add hidden email destinations or inject content into the email,...

CVE-2024-23184

Having a large number of address headers From, To, Cc, Bcc, etc. becomes excessively CPU intensive. With 100k header lines CPU usage is already 12 seconds, and in a production environment we observed 500k header lines taking 18 minutes to parse. Since this can be triggered by external actors...

Fedora: Security Advisory (FEDORA-2024-ba5bb9f63a)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2024 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription...

Fedora: Security Advisory (FEDORA-2024-e23e8a3f1e)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2024 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription...

ROS-20240905-02

A vulnerability in the Python programming language interpreter CPython is related to incorrectly enclosing newline characters in quotation marks for email headers when serializing a message. newline quotes for email headers when serializing a message. Exploitation vulnerability could allow an...

RHEL 9 : python3.9 (RHSA-2024:6163)

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2024:6163 advisory. Python is an interpreted, interactive, object-oriented programming language, which includes modules, classes, exceptions, very high level...

Fedora 39 : dovecot (2024-ba5bb9f63a)

The remote Fedora 39 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2024-ba5bb9f63a advisory. - CVE-2024-23184: A large number of address headers in email resulted in excessive CPU usage. - CVE-2024-23185: Abnormally large email headers are n...

Fedora 40 : dovecot (2024-e23e8a3f1e)

The remote Fedora 40 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2024-e23e8a3f1e advisory. - CVE-2024-23184: A large number of address headers in email resulted in excessive CPU usage. - CVE-2024-23185: Abnormally large email headers are n...

Mageia: Security Advisory (MGASA-2024-0280)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2024 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription...

Updated packages fix security vulnerabilities

CVE-2024-23184: A large number of address headers in email resulted in excessive CPU usage. CVE-2024-23185: Abnormally large email headers are now truncated or discarded, with a limit of 10MB on a single header and 50MB for all the headers of all the parts of an email...

MGASA-2024-0280 Updated packages fix security vulnerabilities

CVE-2024-23184: A large number of address headers in email resulted in excessive CPU usage. CVE-2024-23185: Abnormally large email headers are now truncated or discarded, with a limit of 10MB on a single header and 50MB for all the headers of all the parts of an email...

FreeBSD : Dovecot -- DoS (6a6ad6cb-5c6c-11ef-b456-001e676bf734)

The version of FreeBSD installed on the remote host is prior to tested version. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the 6a6ad6cb-5c6c-11ef-b456-001e676bf734 advisory. Dovecot reports: A DoS is possible with a large number of address headers or abnormally large...

Slackware: Security Advisory (SSA:2024-227-01)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2024 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription...

[slackware-security] dovecot

New dovecot packages are available for Slackware 15.0 and -current to fix security issues. Here are the details from the Slackware 15.0 ChangeLog: patches/packages/dovecot-2.3.21.1-i586-1slack15.0.txz: Upgraded. This update fixes security issues: A large number of address headers in email resulte...

Dovecot -- DoS

Dovecot reports: A DoS is possible with a large number of address headers or abnormally large email headers...

CVE-2024-6923 Email header injection due to unquoted newlines

There is a MEDIUM severity vulnerability affecting CPython. The email module didn’t properly quote newlines for email headers when serializing an email message allowing for header injection when an email is serialized...

GHSA-F57V-Q966-7FH6 Monolog Header injection in NativeMailerHandler

A header injection vulnerability has been identified in the NativeMailerHandler of the Monolog library. This vulnerability may allow an attacker to manipulate email headers when log messages are sent via email...

PT-2024-40258 · Monolog · Monolog

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Monolog library affected versions not specified Description: A header injection issue has been identified in the NativeMailerHandler of the Monolog library, potentially allowing an attacker to manipulate email headers when log messages are se...

Ubuntu 18.04 ESM / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 23.04 / 23.10 : Request Tracker vulnerabilities (USN-6529-1)

The remote Ubuntu 18.04 ESM / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 23.04 / 23.10 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-6529-1 advisory. It was discovered that Request Tracker incorrectly handled certain inputs. If a user or an automated system were...

The vulnerability of the Request Tracker system for enterprise-level order tracking and monitoring, due to insufficient cleaning of data provided by users, allows a violator to execute arbitrary HTML code.

The vulnerability of the Request Tracker system for enterprise-level order tracking and monitoring exists due to insufficient cleaning of data provided by users during the processing of email headers. Exploiting this vulnerability allows a malicious actor to execute arbitrary HTML code by sending...