CVE-2002-0986 (GCVE-0-2002-0986)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2004-09-01 04:00
Modified
2024-08-08 03:12
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
The mail function in PHP 4.x to 4.2.2 does not filter ASCII control characters from its arguments, which could allow remote attackers to modify mail message content, including mail headers, and possibly use PHP as a "spam proxy."
References
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=105760591228031&w=2 mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.debian.org/security/2002/dsa-168 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/410609 third-party-advisory, x_refsource_CERT-VN
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=103011916928204&w=2 mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2002-243.html vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
http://www.osvdb.org/2160 vdb-entry, x_refsource_OSVDB
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-159.html vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
http://www.mandrakesoft.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:082 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_MANDRAKE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5562 vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID
ftp://ftp.caldera.com/pub/security/OpenLinux/CSSA-2003-008.0.txt vendor-advisory, x_refsource_CALDERA
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/9959 vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2002_036_modphp4.html vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000545 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_CONECTIVA
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2002-213.html vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2002-248.html vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2002-244.html vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2002-214.html vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
n/a n/a Version: n/a
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