Ubuntu notice USN-8986-1 flags email address sanitisation flaw in Swift Mailer
VULNERABILITYredteam/daily · 1 source
- Severity
- High
- Sources
- 1
What happened
Ubuntu Security Notice USN-8986-1 reports that Swift Mailer does not properly sanitise e-mail addresses in its mail transport. A remote attacker could possibly pass extra parameters to the mail command and execute arbitrary code. The notice does not state affected or fixed versions in the text provided.
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What to do
- Check whether any applications on your systems use Swift Mailer.
- Apply the update referenced in Ubuntu notice USN-8986-1 to affected systems.
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Ubuntu Security Notices