CVE-2015-8476

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Summary

CVECVE-2015-8476
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2015-12-16 21:59:00 UTC
Updated2016-12-06 03:03:00 UTC
DescriptionMultiple CRLF injection vulnerabilities in PHPMailer before 5.2.14 allow attackers to inject arbitrary SMTP commands via CRLF sequences in an (1) email address to the validateAddress function in class.phpmailer.php or (2) SMTP command to the sendCommand function in class.smtp.php, a different vulnerability than CVE-2012-0796.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-20

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 6.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 7.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 6.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 7.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Application Phpmailer Project Phpmailer All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Add test for line breaks in addresses vulnerability · PHPMailer/PHPMailer@6687a96 · GitHub CONFIRM github.com
Release PHPMailer 5.2.14 · PHPMailer/PHPMailer · GitHub CONFIRM github.com Vendor Advisory
oss-security - CVE Request: PHPMailer Message Injection Vulnerability MLIST www.openwall.com
oss-security - Re: CVE Request: PHPMailer Message Injection Vulnerability MLIST www.openwall.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 23 Update: php-PHPMailer-5.2.14-1.fc23 FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
PHPMailer 'class.phpmailer.php' Security Bypass Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3416-1 libphp-phpmailer DEBIAN www.debian.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 22 Update: php-PHPMailer-5.2.14-1.fc22 FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
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