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Ubuntu 18.04 LTS USN-5956-2 Critical: PHPMailer Execution Risks

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Calendar Grey March 15, 2023
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Essential patch for PHPMailer on Ubuntu. Mitigate execution threats and enhance protection against XSS breaches decisively!
An incomplete fix was discovered in PHPMailer.

Summary

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Topics Covered

security advisory security issue cross-site scripting update instructions execution risk libphp-phpmailer Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

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+deb9u2ubuntu0.1~esm2 Ubuntu 16.04 ESM:   libphp-phpmailer                5.2.14+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm2 In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5956-2

  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5956-1

  CVE-2017-11503

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March 15, 2023

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security advisory security issue cross-site scripting update instructions execution risk libphp-phpmailer Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

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