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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.703750
Category:Debian Local Security Checks
Title:Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-3750-1)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'libphp-phpmailer' package(s) announced via the DSA-3750-1 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'libphp-phpmailer' package(s) announced via the DSA-3750-1 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
Dawid Golunski discovered that PHPMailer, a popular library to send email from PHP applications, allowed a remote attacker to execute code if they were able to provide a crafted Sender address.

Note that for this issue also CVE-2016-10045 was assigned, which is a regression in the original patch proposed for CVE-2016-10033. Because the original patch was not applied in Debian, Debian was not vulnerable to CVE-2016-10045.

For the stable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in version 5.2.9+dfsg-2+deb8u2.

For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 5.2.14+dfsg-2.1.

We recommend that you upgrade your libphp-phpmailer packages.

Affected Software/OS:
'libphp-phpmailer' package(s) on Debian 8.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
7.5

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2016-10033
BugTraq ID: 95108
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95108
Bugtraq: 20161227 PHPMailer < 5.2.18 Remote Code Execution [updated advisory] [CVE-2016-10033] (Google Search)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/539963/100/0/threaded
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40968/
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40969/
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40970/
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40974/
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40986/
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41962/
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41996/
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42024/
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42221/
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Dec/78
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/140291/PHPMailer-Remote-Code-Execution.html
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/140350/PHPMailer-Sendmail-Argument-Injection.html
http://www.rapid7.com/db/modules/exploit/multi/http/phpmailer_arg_injection
https://legalhackers.com/advisories/PHPMailer-Exploit-Remote-Code-Exec-CVE-2016-10033-Vuln.html
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037533
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