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GHSA-45xg-4w5x-j429: TYPO3 Arbitrary Shell Execution in Swiftmailer library

May 30, 2024

The swiftmailer library in use allows to execute arbitrary shell commands if the “From” header comes from a non-trusted source and no “Return-Path” is configured. Affected are only TYPO3 installation the configuration option

$GLOBALS['TYPO3_CONF_VARS']['MAIL']['transport']

is set to “sendmail”. Installations with the default configuration are not affected.

References

  • github.com/FriendsOfPHP/security-advisories/blob/master/typo3/cms/2014-10-22-2.yaml
  • github.com/TYPO3/typo3
  • github.com/TYPO3/typo3/commit/313c4bba53dd78803a9ee97c1f6f1d450a521521
  • github.com/TYPO3/typo3/commit/6af37574e063929eaab066dd9920b1fa8815da12
  • github.com/TYPO3/typo3/commit/dbdd9f22b7cebf43f2e4abdb2a6a8a9f32af8f61
  • github.com/TYPO3/typo3/commit/ead183c5acf25b7e1121adee5a5860bd9b5f05a2
  • github.com/advisories/GHSA-45xg-4w5x-j429
  • typo3.org/security/advisory/typo3-core-sa-2014-002

Code Behaviors & Features

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Affected versions

All versions starting from 4.5.0 before 4.5.37, all versions starting from 4.7.0 before 4.7.20, all versions starting from 6.1.0 before 6.1.12, all versions starting from 6.2.0 before 6.2.6

Fixed versions

  • 6.2.6
  • 6.1.12
  • 4.7.20
  • 4.5.37

Solution

Upgrade to versions 4.5.37, 4.7.20, 6.1.12, 6.2.6 or above.

Impact 8.1 HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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Weakness

  • CWE-20: Improper Input Validation

Source file

packagist/typo3/cms/GHSA-45xg-4w5x-j429.yml

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