PHP Folded Mail Headers Email Header Injection Vulnerability

BID:23145

Info

PHP Folded Mail Headers Email Header Injection Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 23145
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE: CVE-2007-1718
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Mar 26 2007 12:00AM
Updated: Mar 19 2015 09:06AM
Credit: Stefan Esser discovered this issue.
Vulnerable: Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 7.04 sparc
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 7.04 powerpc
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 7.04 i386
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 7.04 amd64
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 6.10 sparc
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 6.10 powerpc
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 6.10 i386
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 6.10 amd64
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 6.06 LTS sparc
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 6.06 LTS powerpc
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 6.06 LTS i386
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 6.06 LTS amd64
Turbolinux Turbolinux Server 10.0 x86
Turbolinux Turbolinux Server 10.0
Turbolinux Turbolinux Server 8.0
Turbolinux Turbolinux Desktop 10.0
Turbolinux Turbolinux 10 F...
TurboLinux Personal
TurboLinux Multimedia
Turbolinux Home
Turbolinux Appliance Server Workgroup Edition 1.0
Turbolinux Appliance Server Hosting Edition 1.0
Turbolinux Appliance Server 1.0 Workgroup Edition
Turbolinux Appliance Server 1.0 Hosting Edition
Turbolinux Appliance Server 2.0
SuSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9
SuSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 8
+ Linux kernel 2.4.21
+ Linux kernel 2.4.19
SuSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10
SuSE SUSE Linux Enterprise SDK 10
SuSE Linux Professional 10.2 x86_64
SuSE Linux Personal 10.2 x86_64
SGI ProPack 3.0 SP6
S.u.S.E. UnitedLinux 1.0
S.u.S.E. SuSE Linux Standard Server 8.0
S.u.S.E. SuSE Linux School Server for i386
S.u.S.E. SUSE LINUX Retail Solution 8.0
S.u.S.E. SuSE Linux Openexchange Server 4.0
S.u.S.E. openSUSE 10.2
S.u.S.E. Open-Enterprise-Server 0
S.u.S.E. Novell Linux POS 9
S.u.S.E. Linux Professional 10.0 OSS
S.u.S.E. Linux Professional 10.0
S.u.S.E. Linux Professional 9.3 x86_64
S.u.S.E. Linux Professional 9.3
S.u.S.E. Linux Professional 10.2
S.u.S.E. Linux Professional 10.1
S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 10.0 OSS
S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 9.3 x86_64
S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 9.3
S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 10.2
S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 10.1
S.u.S.E. Linux Openexchange Server
S.u.S.E. Linux 9.3 x86-64
S.u.S.E. Linux 9.3 x86
S.u.S.E. Linux 10.1 x86-64
S.u.S.E. Linux 10.1 x86
S.u.S.E. Linux 10.1 ppc
S.u.S.E. Linux 10.0 x86-64
S.u.S.E. Linux 10.0 x86
S.u.S.E. Linux 10.0 ppc
RedHat Enterprise Linux WS 4
RedHat Enterprise Linux WS 3
RedHat Enterprise Linux ES 4
RedHat Enterprise Linux ES 3
RedHat Enterprise Linux Desktop Workstation 5 client
RedHat Desktop 4.0
RedHat Desktop 3.0
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 4
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 3
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Server
PHP PHP 5.2.1
+ Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 7.04 sparc
+ Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 7.04 powerpc
+ Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 7.04 i386
+ Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 7.04 amd64
PHP PHP 5.1.6
+ Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 6.10 sparc
+ Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 6.10 powerpc
+ Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 6.10 i386
+ Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 6.10 amd64
PHP PHP 5.1.5
PHP PHP 5.1.4
PHP PHP 5.1.3 -RC1
PHP PHP 5.1.3
PHP PHP 5.1.2
PHP PHP 5.1.1
PHP PHP 5.1
PHP PHP 5.0.5
PHP PHP 5.0.4
PHP PHP 5.0.3
PHP PHP 5.0.2
PHP PHP 5.0.1
PHP PHP 5.0 candidate 3
PHP PHP 5.0 candidate 2
PHP PHP 5.0 candidate 1
PHP PHP 5.0 .0
PHP PHP 4.4.6
PHP PHP 4.4.5
PHP PHP 4.4.4
PHP PHP 4.4.3
PHP PHP 4.4.2
PHP PHP 4.4.1
PHP PHP 4.4 .0
PHP PHP 4.3.11
PHP PHP 4.3.10
PHP PHP 4.3.9
PHP PHP 4.3.8
+ Mandriva Linux Mandrake 10.1 x86_64
+ Mandriva Linux Mandrake 10.1
+ S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 9.2
+ Turbolinux Turbolinux Server 10.0
+ Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 4.1 ppc
+ Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 4.1 ia64
+ Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 4.1 ia32
PHP PHP 4.3.7
PHP PHP 4.3.6
PHP PHP 4.3.5
PHP PHP 4.3.4
PHP PHP 4.3.3
PHP PHP 4.3.2
PHP PHP 4.3.1
PHP PHP 4.3
PHP PHP 4.2.3
PHP PHP 4.2.2
PHP PHP 4.2.1
- FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.6
- FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.5
- FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.4
- FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.3
+ Slackware Linux 8.1
PHP PHP 4.2 .0
PHP PHP 4.2 -dev
PHP PHP 4.1.2
PHP PHP 4.1.1
PHP PHP 4.1 .0
+ S.u.S.E. Linux 8.0 i386
+ S.u.S.E. Linux 8.0
PHP PHP 4.0.7 RC3
PHP PHP 4.0.7 RC2
PHP PHP 4.0.7 RC1
PHP PHP 4.0.7
PHP PHP 4.0.6
PHP PHP 4.0.5
PHP PHP 4.0.4
PHP PHP 4.0.3 pl1
+ S.u.S.E. Linux 6.4 ppc
+ S.u.S.E. Linux 6.4 i386
+ S.u.S.E. Linux 6.4 alpha
+ S.u.S.E. Linux 6.4
PHP PHP 4.0.3
+ Debian Linux 2.2 sparc
+ Debian Linux 2.2 powerpc
+ Debian Linux 2.2 IA-32
+ Debian Linux 2.2 arm
+ Debian Linux 2.2 alpha
+ Debian Linux 2.2 68k
+ Debian Linux 2.2
+ Sun Cobalt Control Station 4100CS
+ Sun Cobalt Qube3 Japanese 4000WGJ
+ Sun Cobalt Qube3 Japanese w/ Caching and RAID 4100WGJ
+ Sun Cobalt Qube3 Japanese w/Caching 4010WGJ
+ Sun Cobalt RaQ XTR 3500R
+ Sun Cobalt RaQ XTR Japanese 3500R-ja
PHP PHP 4.0.2
PHP PHP 4.0.1 pl2
PHP PHP 4.0.1 pl1
PHP PHP 4.0.1
+ Sun Cobalt Qube3 4000WG
+ Sun Cobalt Qube3 w/ Caching and RAID 4100WG
+ Sun Cobalt Qube3 w/Caching 4010WG
+ Sun Cobalt RaQ4 3001R
+ Sun Cobalt RaQ4 Japanese RAID 3100R-ja
+ Sun Cobalt RaQ4 RAID 3100R
PHP PHP 4.0 0
PHP PHP 5.2
Pardus Linux 2007.1
OpenPKG OpenPKG E1.0-Solid
OpenPKG OpenPKG Current
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2007.1 x86_64
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2007.1
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2007.0 x86_64
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2007.0
MandrakeSoft Multi Network Firewall 2.0
MandrakeSoft Corporate Server 4.0 x86_64
MandrakeSoft Corporate Server 3.0 x86_64
MandrakeSoft Corporate Server 3.0
MandrakeSoft Corporate Server 4.0
Gentoo Linux
Debian Linux 3.1 sparc
Debian Linux 3.1 s/390
Debian Linux 3.1 ppc
Debian Linux 3.1 mipsel
Debian Linux 3.1 mips
Debian Linux 3.1 m68k
Debian Linux 3.1 ia-64
Debian Linux 3.1 ia-32
Debian Linux 3.1 hppa
Debian Linux 3.1 arm
Debian Linux 3.1 amd64
Debian Linux 3.1 alpha
Debian Linux 3.1
Debian Linux 4.0 sparc
Debian Linux 4.0 s/390
Debian Linux 4.0 powerpc
Debian Linux 4.0 mipsel
Debian Linux 4.0 mips
Debian Linux 4.0 m68k
Debian Linux 4.0 ia-64
Debian Linux 4.0 ia-32
Debian Linux 4.0 hppa
Debian Linux 4.0 arm
Debian Linux 4.0 amd64
Debian Linux 4.0 alpha
Debian Linux 4.0
Not Vulnerable: PHP PHP 5.2.2

Discussion

PHP Folded Mail Headers Email Header Injection Vulnerability

PHP is prone to an email-header-injection vulnerability because it fails to properly sanitize user-supplied input when constructing email messages.

Exploiting this issue allows a malicious user to create arbitrary email headers, and then create and transmit spam messages from the affected computer.

The following versions are vulnerable:

PHP 4 up to and including 4.4.6
PHP 5 up to and including 5.2.1

Exploit / POC

PHP Folded Mail Headers Email Header Injection Vulnerability

A sample exploit has been provided:

Solution / Fix

PHP Folded Mail Headers Email Header Injection Vulnerability

Solution:
Please see the references for more information.


PHP PHP 4.0 0

PHP PHP 4.0.1

PHP PHP 4.0.1 pl2

PHP PHP 4.0.2

PHP PHP 4.0.3 pl1

PHP PHP 4.0.3

PHP PHP 4.0.5

PHP PHP 4.0.7 RC1

PHP PHP 4.0.7 RC2

PHP PHP 4.1 .0

PHP PHP 4.2.1

PHP PHP 4.3

PHP PHP 4.3.2

PHP PHP 4.3.5

PHP PHP 4.3.6

PHP PHP 4.3.8

PHP PHP 4.3.9

PHP PHP 4.4.2

PHP PHP 4.4.4

PHP PHP 4.4.5

PHP PHP 4.4.6

PHP PHP 5.0 .0

PHP PHP 5.0 candidate 1

PHP PHP 5.0.1

PHP PHP 5.0.2

PHP PHP 5.0.4

PHP PHP 5.1

PHP PHP 5.1.1

PHP PHP 5.1.4

PHP PHP 5.1.5

PHP PHP 5.1.6

PHP PHP 5.2.1

References

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