2111 : PHP Mail Function ASCII Control Character Header Spoofing
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Views This Week	Views All Time	Added to OSVDB	Last Modified	Modified (since 2008)	Percent Complete
16	1422	over 8 years ago	about 1 year ago	1 times	65%

Timeline

Discovery Date	Disclosure Date	Exploit Publish Date
2002-08-23	2003-07-30	2003-07-30

Time to Exploit
341 days

Description

PHP 4.x to 4.2.2 contains a flaw that exist in the mail() function that does not properly sanitize user input. It is possible for a user may pass ASCII control characters to the mail() function that could alter the headers of email. This could result in spoofed mail headers.

Classification

Unknown or Incomplete

Technical

Arbitrary ASCII control characters may be injected into string arguments
of mail() function. If mail() arguments are taken from user's input it
may give the user ability to alter message content including mail
headers.

Solution

Upgrade to the latest version of PHP available, or disable the mail() function in the php.ini.

Products

OpenPKG	OpenPKG	1.0
		1.1
		1.2

PHP Group	PHP	3.0
		4.0
		4.0.1
		4.0.2
		4.0.3
		4.0.4
		4.0.5
		4.0.6
		4.0.7
		4.1.0
		4.1.1
		4.1.2
		4.2.0
		4.2.1
		4.2.2

References

CVE ID: 2002-0985 (see also: NVD)
Related OSVDB ID: 2160
Bugtraq ID: 5562
ISS X-Force ID: 9966
Other Advisory URL: ftp://ftp.caldera.com/pub/security/OpenLinux/CSSA-2003-008.0.txt http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000545
http://www.debian.org/security/2002/dsa-168
http://www.mandrakesoft.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:082
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2002_036_modphp4.html
Mail List Post: http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=bugtraq&m=103011916928204&w=2
http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=bugtraq&m=103011916928204&w=2
Vendor Specific Advisory URL: http://www.securityfocus.com/advisories/4486
http://www.securityfocus.com/advisories/4699
http://www.securityfocus.com/advisories/5056
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2002.html [ Link is 404 ]
RedHat RHSA: RHSA-2002:213 RHSA-2002:214 RHSA-2002:243 RHSA-2002:244 RHSA-2002:248 RHSA-2003:159

Tools & Filters

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	1481

Manual Testing Notes

Credit

Unknown or Incomplete

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 7.5
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2003-12-31 | Disagree?

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