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Fedora 11 PH-PEAR Mail Update: Fix Header Escaping Attack Risk

Fix CVE-2009-4023, CVE-2009-4111 PEAR's Mail class did not properly escape content of mail header fields, when using the sendmail backend. A remote attacker could send an email message, with specially-crafted headers to local user, leading to disclosure of content and potentially, to modification of arbitrary system file, once the email message was processed by the PEAR's Mail. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fedora Update Notification FEDORA-2009-12348 2009-12-01 03:20:37 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name : php-pear-Mail Product : Fedora 11 Version : 1.1.14 Release : 5.fc11 URL : https://pear.php.net/package/Mail Summary : Class that provides multiple interfaces for sending emails Description : PEAR's Mail package defines an interface for implementing mailers under the PEAR hierarchy. It also provides supporting functions useful to multiple mailer backends. Currently supported backends include: PHP's native mail() function, sendmail, and SMTP. This package also provides a RFC822 email address list validation utility class. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Information: Fix CVE-2009-4023, CVE-2009-4111 PEAR's Mail class did not properly escape content of mail header fields, when using the sendmail backend. A remote attacker could send an email message, with specially-crafted headers to local user, leading to disclosure of content and potentially, to modification of arbitrary system file, once the email message was processed by the PEAR's Mail class. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ChangeLog: * Fri Nov 27 2009 Remi Collet 1.1.14-5 - Fix CVE-2009-4023 (#540842) - rename Mail.xml to php-pear-Mail.xml * Sun Jul 26 2009 Fedora Release Engineering - 1.1.14-4 - Rebuilt forhttps://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_12_Mass_Rebuild -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- References: [ 1 ] Bug #540842 - CVE-2009-4023 php-pear-Mail: Absent sanitization of mail header fields https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=540842 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This update can be installed with the "yum" update program. Use su -c 'yum update php-pear-Mail' at the command line. For more information, refer to "Managing Software with yum", available at . All packages are signed with the Fedora Project GPG key. More details on the GPG keys used by the Fedora Project can be found at https://fedoraproject.org/security/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ Fedora-package-announce mailing list This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it./ . Follow these steps to secure the PHP PEAR Mail class on Fedora 11 against vulnerabilities, ensuring safer email handling and system integrity. Fedora PHP PEAR Mail Remote Attack Header. . Severity: Important. LinuxSecurity.com Team

Dec 01, 2009 •Important Fedora