• PHPMailer vulnerability

    From bugz_ubuntu@21:4/110 to Ubuntu Users on Wednesday, September 16, 2020 16:10:05
    libphp-phpmailer vulnerability

    A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its
    derivatives:

    * Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

    Summary

    Attachments with specially crafted filenames could bypass
    filename-based mail attachment filters.

    Software Description

    * libphp-phpmailer - full featured email transfer class for PHP

    Details

    Elar Lang discovered that PHPMailer did not properly escape double
    quote characters in filenames. A remote attacker could possibly
    exploit this with a crafted filename to bypass attachment filters
    that are based on matching filename extensions. (CVE-2020-13625)

    Update instructions

    The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the
    following package versions:

    Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
    libphp-phpmailer - 5.2.14+dfsg-2.3+deb9u2build0.18.04.1

    To update your system, please follow these instructions:
    https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.

    In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary
    changes.

    References

    * CVE-2020-13625

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    * Origin: BZ&BZ BBS (21:4/110)