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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.892244
Category:Debian Local Security Checks
Title:Debian: Security Advisory (DLA-2244-1)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'libphp-phpmailer' package(s) announced via the DLA-2244-1 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'libphp-phpmailer' package(s) announced via the DLA-2244-1 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
It was discovered that there was an escaping issue in libphp-phpmailer, an email generation utility class for the PHP programming language.

The Content-Type and Content-Disposition headers could have permitted file attachments that bypassed attachment filters which match on filename extensions. For more information, please see the upstream announcement

CVE-2020-13625

PHPMailer before 6.1.6 contains an output escaping bug when the name of a file attachment contains a double quote character. This can result in the file type being misinterpreted by the receiver or any mail relay processing the message.

For Debian 8 Jessie, these problems have been fixed in version 5.2.9+dfsg-2+deb8u6.

We recommend that you upgrade your libphp-phpmailer packages.

Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be found at: [link moved to references]

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

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
5.0

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

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2020-13625
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SMH4TC5XTS3KZVGMSKEPPBZ2XTZCKKCX/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/EFM3BZABL6RUHTVMXSC7OFMP4CKWMRPJ/
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/06/msg00014.html
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/08/msg00004.html
SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2020:1060 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00067.html
SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2020:1106 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00085.html
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4505-1/
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