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CVE-2015-9097: SMTP Injection via to/from addresses

June 12, 2017 (updated July 5, 2017)

The mail package does not disallow CRLF in email addresses; an attacker can inject SMTP commands in specially crafted email addresses passed to RCPT TO and MAIL FROM.

References

  • www.mbsd.jp/Whitepaper/smtpi.pdf
  • github.com/mikel/mail/pull/1097
  • hackerone.com/reports/137631

Code Behaviors & Features

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Affected versions

All versions before 2.5.5.rc1, all versions starting from 2.6.0.alpha0 before 2.6.6.rc1, all versions starting from 2.7.0.alpha0 before 2.7.0.rc1

Fixed versions

  • 2.5.5.rc1
  • 2.6.6.rc1
  • 2.7.0.rc1

Solution

Upgrade to versions 2.5.5.rc1, 2.6.6.rc1, 2.7.0.rc1 or above.

Impact 6.1 MEDIUM

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

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Weakness

  • CWE-93: Improper Neutralization of CRLF Sequences ('CRLF Injection')

Source file

gem/mail/CVE-2015-9097.yml

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