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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.1.1.2.2017.770
Category:Debian Local Security Checks
Title:Debian: Security Advisory (DLA-770)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'libphp-phpmailer' package(s) announced via the DLA-770 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'libphp-phpmailer' package(s) announced via the DLA-770 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 origial patch was not applied in Debian, Debian was not vulnerable to CVE-2016-10045.

For Debian 7 Wheezy, these problems have been fixed in version 5.1-1.2.

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 7.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
5.0

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

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