Drupal header data manipulation

drupal-header-data-manipulation (25206) The risk level is classified as MediumMedium Risk

Description:

Drupal could allow a remote attacker to manipulate the mail headers caused by an undisclosed vulnerability. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to inject arbitrary headers in outgoing email.

Platforms Affected:

  • Debian, Debian Linux 3.1
  • Drupal, Drupal prior to 4.5.8
  • Drupal, Drupal prior to 4.6.6

Remedy:

Upgrade to the latest version of Drupal (4.5.8 or 4.6.6, or later), available from the Drupal Web site. See References.

For Debian GNU/Linux:
Refer to DSA-1007-1 for patch, upgrade, or suggested workaround information. See References.

Consequences:

Data Manipulation

References:

  • Drupal Advisory ID: DRUPAL-SA-2006-004, Mail header injection vulnerability at http://drupal.org/node/53806.
  • Drupal Web site, Drupal at http://drupal.org/project/drupal.
  • BID-17104: Drupal Multiple Input Validation Vulnerabilities
  • CVE-2006-1225: CRLF injection vulnerability in Drupal 4.5.x before 4.5.8 and 4.6.x before 4.5.8 allows remote attackers to inject headers of outgoing e-mail messages and use Drupal as a spam proxy.
  • DSA-1007: drupal -- several vulnerabilities
  • OSVDB ID: 23912: Drupal Email Crafted Header Spoofing
  • SA19245: Drupal Multiple Vulnerabilities

Reported:

Mar 13, 2006

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