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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2021-3603): PHPMailer vulnerabilities

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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2021-3603): PHPMailer vulnerabilities

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
06/17/2021
Created
03/29/2023
Added
03/22/2023
Modified
11/15/2024

Description

PHPMailer 6.4.1 and earlier contain a vulnerability that can result in untrusted code being called (if such code is injected into the host project's scope by other means). If the $patternselect parameter to validateAddress() is set to 'php' (the default, defined by PHPMailer::$validator), and the global namespace contains a function called php, it will be called in preference to the built-in validator of the same name. Mitigated in PHPMailer 6.5.0 by denying the use of simple strings as validator function names.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-pro-upgrade-libphp-phpmailer

References

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