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OS Command Injection In libphp-phpmailer

Description

PHPMailer before 6.1.6 contains an output escaping bug when the name of a file attachment contains a double quote character. This can result in the file type being misinterpreted by the receiver or any mail relay processing the message.

Mitigation

Update Impact

Minimal update. May introduce new vulnerabilities or breaking changes.

Ecosystem
Component
Affected version
Patched versions

Aliases

1. CVE-2020-136252. NVD-2020-136253. OSV-DEBIAN-2020-136254. OSV-2020-136255. GHSA-f7hx-fqxw-rvvj6. GCVE-2020-136257. SECURITY-TRACKER-CVE-2020-136258. lists.debian.org9. lists.debian.org

References

1. https://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer/security/advisories/GHSA-f7hx-fqxw-rvvj2. https://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer/commit/c2796cb1cb99d7717290b48c4e6f32cb6c60b7b33. https://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer/releases/tag/v6.1.64. https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/EFM3BZABL6RUHTVMXSC7OFMP4CKWMRPJ5. https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/SMH4TC5XTS3KZVGMSKEPPBZ2XTZCKKCX6. https://usn.ubuntu.com/4505-17. http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00067.html8. http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00085.html

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