MIT cgiemail can be used as an open mail relay
| cgiemail-open-mail-relay (9361) |  Low Risk |
Description:
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) cgiemail version 1.6 fails to properly filter user-supplied data for special characters. A remote attacker can append new line code containing "%0a" with an arbitrary email addressed to predefined variables to use the script as an open mail relay.
Platforms Affected:
- Debian, Debian Linux 3.0
- MIT, cgiemail 1.6
Remedy:
For Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 (woody):
Upgrade to the latest cgiemail package, as listed below. Refer to DSA-437-1 for more information. See References.
Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 (woody): 1.6-14woody1 or later
Consequences:
Gain Privileges
References:
- BugTraq Mailing List, Fri Jun 14 2002 - 09:20:55 CDT, Another cgiemail bug at http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-06/0144.html.
- BID-5013: MIT CGIEmail Arbitrary Recipient Mail Relay Vulnerability
- CVE-2002-1575: cgiemail allows remote attackers to use cgiemail as a spam proxy via CRLF injection of encoded newline (%0a) characters in parameters such as required-subject
- DSA-437: cgiemail -- open mail relay
Reported:
Jun 14, 2002
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