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Debian Security Advisory DSA 3750-1 (libphp-phpmailer - security update)
Information
Severity
Severity
Family
Family
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
Solution Type
Solution Type
Created
Created
Modified
Modified
Summary
Dawid Golunski discovered that PHPMailer, a popular library to send email from PHP applications, allowed a remote attacker to execute code if they were able to provide a crafted Sender address. Note that for this issue also CVE-2016-10045 was assigned, which is a regression in the original patch proposed for CVE-2016-10033. Because the original patch was not applied in Debian, Debian was not vulnerable to CVE-2016-10045.
Affected Software
Affected Software
libphp-phpmailer on Debian Linux
Detection Method
Detection Method
This check tests the installed software version using the apt package manager.
Solution
Solution
For the stable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in version 5.2.9+dfsg-2+deb8u2. For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 5.2.14+dfsg-2.1. We recommend that you upgrade your libphp-phpmailer packages.