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OS commands if the IMAP server name is untrusted input (e.g., entered by a user of a web application) and if rsh has been replaced by a program with different argument semantics.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 php72Upgrade php70Upgrade php56Upgrade php71 | 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-gdUpgrade php-ldapUpgrade php-odbcUpgrade php-processUpgrade php-soapUpgrade php-pdoUpgrade php-recodeUpgrade php-commonUpgrade php-fpmUpgrade phpUpgrade php-xmlrpcUpgrade php-xmlUpgrade php-cli | Jul 31, 2020 | Nov 25, 2018 |
| Oracle Solaris | — | Upgrade web/php-71 to version 7.1.25-0.175.3.36.0.19.0 on Solaris 11.3Upgrade 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 7.1.25-11.4.5.0.1.2.0 on Solaris 11.4 | Feb 20, 2019 | Nov 25, 2018 |
| Php | — | Upgrade to PHP version 7.2.13Upgrade to PHP version 7.1.25Upgrade to PHP version 5.6.39Upgrade to PHP version 7.0.33 | Mar 14, 2019 | Nov 25, 2018 |
| Redhat_linux | — | No solution exists | Jul 9, 2025 | Nov 25, 2018 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade php7-gmpUpgrade php7-opcacheUpgrade php53-snmpUpgrade php5-wddxUpgrade php53-fastcgiUpgrade php7-domUpgrade apache2-mod_php53Upgrade php7-imapUpgrade php53-bz2Upgrade php53-pcntlUpgrade php53-imapUpgrade php5-mcryptUpgrade php53-zlibUpgrade php53-tidyUpgrade php7Upgrade php7-exifUpgrade php53-gmpUpgrade php7-pearUpgrade php53-iconvUpgrade php53-readlineUpgrade php5-ftpUpgrade php53-sysvshmUpgrade php53-xmlwriterUpgrade php7-zipUpgrade php7-dbaUpgrade php7-posixUpgrade php7-iconvUpgrade php53-xmlreaderUpgrade php7-shmopUpgrade php5-pgsqlUpgrade php5-snmpUpgrade php5-enchantUpgrade php7-pgsqlUpgrade php53Upgrade php53-exifUpgrade php7-odbcUpgrade php53-tokenizerUpgrade php53-pspellUpgrade php5-iconvUpgrade php7-sqliteUpgrade php5-zipUpgrade php53-zipUpgrade php5-opcacheUpgrade php7-socketsUpgrade php7-pear-archive_tarUpgrade php5-ctypeUpgrade php53-xmlrpcUpgrade php5-gmpUpgrade php5-tokenizerUpgrade php7-pspellUpgrade php5-soapUpgrade php5-domUpgrade php53-odbcUpgrade php7-xslUpgrade php7-bz2Upgrade php5-mbstringUpgrade php53-gettextUpgrade php5-exifUpgrade php7-mysqlUpgrade php53-gdUpgrade php5-gettextUpgrade php53-curlUpgrade php5-xmlreaderUpgrade php7-zlibUpgrade php7-ldapUpgrade php5-dbaUpgrade php53-suhosinUpgrade php53-pdoUpgrade php53-shmopUpgrade php7-soapUpgrade php5-xmlwriterUpgrade php7-gettextUpgrade php53-socketsUpgrade php53-posixUpgrade php53-mbstringUpgrade apache2-mod_php5Upgrade php53-dbaUpgrade php5-imapUpgrade php53-sysvmsgUpgrade php53-pearUpgrade php72-develUpgrade php5-bz2Upgrade php53-wddxUpgrade php53-ctypeUpgrade php53-ftpUpgrade php7-xmlrpcUpgrade php7-develUpgrade php5-zlibUpgrade php7-ftpUpgrade php53-opensslUpgrade php7-pdoUpgrade php7-fastcgiUpgrade php7-sysvshmUpgrade php5-pdoUpgrade apache2-mod_php7Upgrade php53-ldapUpgrade php53-domUpgrade php7-xmlwriterUpgrade php5-pspellUpgrade php53-calendarUpgrade php7-ctypeUpgrade php5-opensslUpgrade php7-jsonUpgrade php5-odbcUpgrade php7-curlUpgrade php5-xmlrpcUpgrade php5-calendarUpgrade php7-fpmUpgrade php5-sysvshmUpgrade php7-pharUpgrade php53-sysvsemUpgrade php5-gdUpgrade php7-sysvmsgUpgrade php7-sysvsemUpgrade php53-pgsqlUpgrade php7-wddxUpgrade php5-jsonUpgrade php5-develUpgrade php5-socketsUpgrade php53-sqliteUpgrade php7-enchantUpgrade php53-mcryptUpgrade php7-mcryptUpgrade php53-soapUpgrade php5-bcmathUpgrade php5-sysvmsgUpgrade php5-mysqlUpgrade php53-fileinfoUpgrade php5-pharUpgrade php53-intlUpgrade php5-sysvsemUpgrade php5-pcntlUpgrade php7-calendarUpgrade php53-xslUpgrade php7-mbstringUpgrade php7-fileinfoUpgrade php53-mysqlUpgrade php7-pcntlUpgrade php53-jsonUpgrade php5Upgrade php53-bcmathUpgrade php5-shmopUpgrade php7-tokenizerUpgrade php5-suhosinUpgrade php53-develUpgrade php7-intlUpgrade php5-sqliteUpgrade php7-xmlreaderUpgrade php7-opensslUpgrade php7-bcmathUpgrade php7-snmpUpgrade php5-xslUpgrade php5-intlUpgrade php5-pearUpgrade php5-curlUpgrade php5-fpmUpgrade php5-fastcgiUpgrade php7-gdUpgrade php5-posixUpgrade php5-fileinfoUpgrade php5-ldap | Dec 6, 2018 | Nov 25, 2018 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade uw-mailutilsUpgrade mlockUpgrade libc-client2007e | Oct 22, 2019 | Nov 25, 2018 |
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