vulnerability

Debian: CVE-2016-10033: libphp-phpmailer -- security update

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Dec 30, 2016
Added
Jan 1, 2017
Modified
Mar 30, 2026

Description

The mailSend function in the isMail transport in PHPMailer before 5.2.18 might allow remote attackers to pass extra parameters to the mail command and consequently execute arbitrary code via a \" (backslash double quote) in a crafted Sender property.

Solution

debian-upgrade-libphp-phpmailer
Title
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