SpamAssassin Milter Plugin expand (-x) flag command execution
| spamassassin-expand-command-execution (56732) |  High Risk |
Description:
The SpamAssassin Milter Plugin could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the system, caused by the improper validation of input by the mlfi_envrcpt function prior to being used in a popen() function call. If invoked with the expand (-x) flag, a remote attacker could send a specially crafted RCPT TO value to inject and execute arbitrary shell commands on the system with elevated privileges.
*CVSS:
| Base Score: | 7.5 |
| Access Vector: | Network |
| Access Complexity: | Low |
| Authentication: | None |
| Confidentiality Impact: | Partial |
| Integrity Impact: | Partial |
| Availability Impact: | Partial |
| Temporal Score: | 6.5 |
| Exploitability: | High |
| Remediation Level: | Official-Fix |
| Report Confidence: | Confirmed |
Consequences:
Gain Access
Remedy:
Apply the appropriate patch for your system. See References.
References:
- Full-Disclosure Mailing List, Sun Mar 07 2010: Spamassassin Milter Plugin Remote Root.
- Offensive Security Exploit Database [03-09-2010]: Apache Spamassassin Milter Plugin Remote Root Command Execution .
- SpamAssassin Web site: SpamAssassin: Welcome to SpamAssassin.
- BID-38578: SpamAssassin Milter Plugin 'mlfi_envrcpt()' Remote Arbitrary Command Injection Vulnerability
- CVE-2010-1132: The mlfi_envrcpt function in spamass-milter.cpp in SpamAssassin Milter Plugin 0.3.1, when using the expand option, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary system commands via shell metacharacters in the RCPT TO field of an email message.
- DSA-2021: spamass-milter -- missing input sanitization
- OSVDB ID: 62809: SpamAssassin Milter Plugin spamass-milter.cpp mlfi_envrcpt Function Arbitrary Shell Command Execution
- SA38840: SpamAssassin Milter Plugin Shell Command Injection
- SECTRACK ID: 1023691: SpamAssassin Milter Plugin Input Validation Flaw Lets Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code
- VUPEN/ADV-2010-0559: Milter Plugin for SpamAssassin mlfi_envrcpt() Shell Injection Vulnerability
- VUPEN/ADV-2010-0683: Debian Security Update Fixes spamass-milter Code Injection Vulnerability
- VUPEN/ADV-2010-0837: Fedora Security Update Fixes spamass-milter Code Injection Vulnerability
Platforms Affected:
- Apache SpamAssassin Milter Plugin 0.3.1
- Debian Debian Linux 5.0
Reported:
Mar 07, 2010
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