PHPMailer Data() Function Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

BID:13805

Info

PHPMailer Data() Function Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 13805
Class: Failure to Handle Exceptional Conditions
CVE: CVE-2005-1807
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: May 28 2005 12:00AM
Updated: Jun 18 2007 07:59PM
Credit: Discovery is credited to Mariano Nunez Di Croce from CYBSEC.
Vulnerable: Xoops Xoops 2.0.12 a
Xoops Xoops 2.0.12
Xoops Xoops 2.0.11
Xoops Xoops 2.0.10
Xoops Xoops 2.0.9 .3
Xoops Xoops 2.0.9 .2
Xoops Xoops 2.0.5 .2
Xoops Xoops 2.0.5 .1
Xoops Xoops 2.0.5
Xoops Xoops 2.0.3
Xoops Xoops 2.0.2
Xoops Xoops 2.0.1
Xoops Xoops 2.0
PHPMailer PHPMailer 1.7.2
PHPMailer PHPMailer 1.7.1
PHPMailer PHPMailer 1.7
PHP Link Directory PHPLD 2.0
IPplan IPplan 4.85
Not Vulnerable: Xoops Xoops 2.2.1
PHPMailer PHPMailer 1.7.3
IPplan IPplan 4.86

Discussion

PHPMailer Data() Function Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

PHPMailer is affected by a remote denial-of-service vulnerability.

An attacker can send an email message with a malformed header field to initiate an infinite loop in the application. This eventually leads to a crash due to resource exhaustion.

PHPMailer 1.72 and prior versions are affected by this issue.

Exploit / POC

PHPMailer Data() Function Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

An exploit is not required.

The following proof of concept is available:
From: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA... x 998

Solution / Fix

PHPMailer Data() Function Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

Solution:
The vendor has addressed this issue in PHPMailer 1.7.3.

Xoops has released an update regarding this issue. Please see the referenced Xoops web page for more information.


IPplan IPplan 4.85

PHPMailer PHPMailer 1.7

PHPMailer PHPMailer 1.7.1

PHPMailer PHPMailer 1.7.2

Xoops Xoops 2.0

Xoops Xoops 2.0.1

Xoops Xoops 2.0.10

Xoops Xoops 2.0.11

Xoops Xoops 2.0.12

Xoops Xoops 2.0.12 a

Xoops Xoops 2.0.2

Xoops Xoops 2.0.3

Xoops Xoops 2.0.5

Xoops Xoops 2.0.5 .1

Xoops Xoops 2.0.5 .2

Xoops Xoops 2.0.9 .3

Xoops Xoops 2.0.9 .2

References

PHPMailer Data() Function Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

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