Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.1.12.2023.5956.2
Category:	Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Title:	Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-5956-2)
Summary:	The remote host is missing an update for the 'libphp-phpmailer' package(s) announced via the USN-5956-2 advisory.
Description:	Summary: The remote host is missing an update for the 'libphp-phpmailer' package(s) announced via the USN-5956-2 advisory. Vulnerability Insight: USN-5956-1 fixed vulnerabilities in PHPMailer. It was discovered that the fix for CVE-2017-11503 was incomplete. This update fixes the problem. Original advisory details: Dawid Golunski discovered that PHPMailer was not properly escaping user input data used as arguments to functions executed by the system shell. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 ESM. (CVE-2016-10033, CVE-2016-10045) It was discovered that PHPMailer was not properly escaping characters in certain fields of the code_generator.php example code. An attacker could possibly use this issue to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks. This issue was only fixed in Ubuntu 16.04 ESM and Ubuntu 18.04 ESM. (CVE-2017-11503) Yongxiang Li discovered that PHPMailer was not properly converting relative paths provided as user input when adding attachments to messages, which could lead to relative image URLs being treated as absolute local file paths and added as attachments. An attacker could possibly use this issue to access unauthorized resources and expose sensitive information. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 ESM. (CVE-2017-5223) Sehun Oh discovered that PHPMailer was not properly processing untrusted non-local file attachments, which could lead to an object injection. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 ESM. (CVE-2018-19296) Elar Lang discovered that PHPMailer was not properly escaping file attachment names, which could lead to a misinterpretation of file types by entities processing the message. An attacker could possibly use this issue to bypass attachment filters. This issue was only fixed in Ubuntu 16.04 ESM and Ubuntu 20.04 ESM. (CVE-2020-13625) It was discovered that PHPMailer was not properly handling callables in its validateAddress function, which could result in untrusted code being called should the global namespace contain a function called 'php'. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code. This issue was only fixed in Ubuntu 20.04 ESM and Ubuntu 22.04 ESM. (CVE-2021-3603) Affected Software/OS: 'libphp-phpmailer' package(s) on Ubuntu 16.04, Ubuntu 18.04. Solution: Please install the updated package(s). CVSS Score: 4.3 CVSS Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2017-11503 BugTraq ID: 99293 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99293/ https://cxsecurity.com/issue/WLB-2017060181 https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/143138/phpmailer-xss.txt http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039026
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