CVE-2015-9096
medium
CVSS v3
6.1
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
6.1
Description
Net::SMTP in Ruby before 2.4.0 is vulnerable to SMTP command injection via CRLF sequences in a RCPT TO or MAIL FROM command, as demonstrated by CRLF sequences immediately before and after a DATA substring.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
71%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| sles | affected | |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| ruby-lang | ruby | {"endIncluding":"2.4.0"} | |
References
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-9096.html
- http://www.mbsd.jp/Whitepaper/smtpi.pdf
- https://github.com/ruby/ruby/commit/0827a7e52ba3d957a634b063bf5a391239b9ffee
- https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/issues/215
- https://hackerone.com/reports/137631
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00012.html
- https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3966
CWEs
CWE-93
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.