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Fedora 38 : php-phpmailer6 (2023-e51479556c)

high Nessus Plugin ID 180588

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Fedora 38 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the FEDORA-2023-e51479556c advisory.

 Minor security note

 * The DSN support added in 6.8.0 reflects the DSN back to the user in an error message if it is invalid.
 If a DSN uses user-supplied input (a very bad idea), it opens a distant possibility of XSS if the host app does not escape output. In an abundance of caution, malformed DSNs are no longer reflected in error messages.

 Changes

 * Don't reflect malformed DSNs in error messages to avert any risk of XSS
 * Improve Simplified Chinese, Sinhalese, and Norwegian translations
 * Don't use setAccessible in PHP >= 8.1 in tests
 * Avoid a deprecation notice in PHP 8.3
 * Fix link in readme


Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected php-phpmailer6 package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2023-e51479556c

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 180588

File Name: fedora_2023-e51479556c.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/7/2023

Updated: 11/14/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:php-phpmailer6, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:38

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/29/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/29/2023

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