University of Washington IMAP Toolkit 2007f on UNIX, as used in imap_open() in PHP and other products, launches an rsh command (by means of the imap_rimap function in c-client/imap4r1.c and the tcp_aopen function in osdep/unix/tcp_unix.c) without preventing argument injection, which might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary OS commands if the IMAP server name is untrusted input (e.g., entered by a user of a web application) and if rsh has been replaced by a program with different argument semantics. For example, if rsh is a link to ssh (as seen on Debian and Ubuntu systems), then the attack can use an IMAP server name containing a "-oProxyCommand" argument.
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 7.5
- CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine Linux | — | Upgrade php7 | Oct 1, 2024 | Nov 25, 2018 |
| Amazon_linux | — | Upgrade php56Upgrade php71Upgrade php70Upgrade php72 | Jan 12, 2019 | Nov 25, 2018 |
| Debian | — | Upgrade uw-imap | Dec 11, 2018 | Nov 25, 2018 |
| Gentoo Linux | — | Upgrade dev-lang/php. | Mar 27, 2020 | Nov 25, 2018 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp8 | — | Upgrade php-processUpgrade php-soapUpgrade php-pdoUpgrade php-gdUpgrade php-ldapUpgrade php-odbcUpgrade php-fpmUpgrade php-xmlUpgrade phpUpgrade php-commonUpgrade php-xmlrpcUpgrade php-recodeUpgrade php-cli | Jul 31, 2020 | Nov 25, 2018 |
| Oracle Solaris | — | Upgrade web/php-56 to version 5.6.39-0.175.3.36.0.19.0 on Solaris 11.3Upgrade web/php-56 to version 5.6.39-11.4.5.0.1.2.0 on Solaris 11.4Upgrade web/php-71 to version 7.1.25-0.175.3.36.0.19.0 on Solaris 11.3Upgrade web/php-71 to version 7.1.25-11.4.5.0.1.2.0 on Solaris 11.4 | Feb 20, 2019 | Nov 25, 2018 |
| Php | — | Upgrade to PHP version 7.0.33Upgrade to PHP version 7.1.25Upgrade to PHP version 7.2.13Upgrade to PHP version 5.6.39 | Mar 14, 2019 | Nov 25, 2018 |
| Redhat_linux | — | No solution exists | Jul 9, 2025 | Nov 25, 2018 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade php7-xslUpgrade php5-exifUpgrade php53-bz2Upgrade php5-opcacheUpgrade php7-pearUpgrade php53Upgrade php7-socketsUpgrade php7-zipUpgrade php5-xmlreaderUpgrade php53-exifUpgrade php7-bz2Upgrade php53-tokenizerUpgrade php5-ctypeUpgrade php72-develUpgrade php7-pdoUpgrade php53-socketsUpgrade php5-soapUpgrade php53-wddxUpgrade php7-xmlrpcUpgrade php5-zlibUpgrade php7-ldapUpgrade php53-dbaUpgrade php7-ftpUpgrade php53-curlUpgrade php7-soapUpgrade php53-xmlrpcUpgrade php53-odbcUpgrade php53-gettextUpgrade php53-shmopUpgrade php5-iconvUpgrade php7-pear-archive_tarUpgrade php53-mbstringUpgrade php5-domUpgrade php7-develUpgrade php7-zlibUpgrade php53-readlineUpgrade php53-snmpUpgrade php7-gmpUpgrade php53-pearUpgrade php5-enchantUpgrade php53-xmlreaderUpgrade php7-posixUpgrade php5-wddxUpgrade apache2-mod_php53Upgrade php7-odbcUpgrade php53-iconvUpgrade php5-ftpUpgrade php53-gmpUpgrade php7-sqliteUpgrade php7-dbaUpgrade php7-exifUpgrade php5-xmlwriterUpgrade apache2-mod_php5Upgrade php7-mysqlUpgrade php5-zipUpgrade php7-pgsqlUpgrade php7-domUpgrade php5-mbstringUpgrade php5-imapUpgrade php53-ftpUpgrade php5-pgsqlUpgrade php53-zlibUpgrade php5-snmpUpgrade php53-sysvmsgUpgrade php5-gmpUpgrade php53-xmlwriterUpgrade php53-sysvshmUpgrade php53-posixUpgrade php53-tidyUpgrade php5-dbaUpgrade php7-gettextUpgrade php7-pspellUpgrade php53-gdUpgrade php7-iconvUpgrade php53-pcntlUpgrade php53-fastcgiUpgrade php7-shmopUpgrade php5-tokenizerUpgrade php53-pspellUpgrade php7-opcacheUpgrade php53-pdoUpgrade php53-ctypeUpgrade php7-imapUpgrade php7Upgrade php53-opensslUpgrade php53-imapUpgrade php53-suhosinUpgrade php5-bz2Upgrade php5-gettextUpgrade php5-mcryptUpgrade php53-zipUpgrade php5-curlUpgrade php5-sysvshmUpgrade php5-develUpgrade php7-sysvshmUpgrade php5-pdoUpgrade php5-sysvmsgUpgrade php5-xslUpgrade php53-calendarUpgrade php5-pspellUpgrade php5-odbcUpgrade php7-curlUpgrade php5-mysqlUpgrade php7-calendarUpgrade php5-sqliteUpgrade php53-ldapUpgrade php53-fileinfoUpgrade apache2-mod_php7Upgrade php5-ldapUpgrade php7-intlUpgrade php7-fpmUpgrade php7-wddxUpgrade php7-pharUpgrade php7-sysvsemUpgrade php5-pcntlUpgrade php53-pgsqlUpgrade php5-gdUpgrade php53-intlUpgrade php5-sysvsemUpgrade php7-sysvmsgUpgrade php53-sysvsemUpgrade php5-socketsUpgrade php5-jsonUpgrade php53-mcryptUpgrade php53-soapUpgrade php7-xmlwriterUpgrade php5-suhosinUpgrade php5-xmlrpcUpgrade php7-mcryptUpgrade php7-tokenizerUpgrade php7-pcntlUpgrade php53-jsonUpgrade php53-bcmathUpgrade php5Upgrade php5-shmopUpgrade php7-fileinfoUpgrade php53-mysqlUpgrade php5-pharUpgrade php5-bcmathUpgrade php53-develUpgrade php7-enchantUpgrade php53-sqliteUpgrade php7-mbstringUpgrade php7-fastcgiUpgrade php7-jsonUpgrade php7-ctypeUpgrade php5-opensslUpgrade php5-calendarUpgrade php53-xslUpgrade php5-intlUpgrade php7-gdUpgrade php53-domUpgrade php5-fileinfoUpgrade php5-posixUpgrade php7-xmlreaderUpgrade php7-snmpUpgrade php7-opensslUpgrade php5-pearUpgrade php5-fpmUpgrade php5-fastcgiUpgrade php7-bcmath | Dec 6, 2018 | Nov 25, 2018 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade uw-mailutilsUpgrade mlockUpgrade libc-client2007e | Oct 22, 2019 | Nov 25, 2018 |
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