Commons Email 1.5 Bounce Address input validation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Commons Email 1.5. This affects an unknown function of the component Bounce Address Handler. The manipulation leads to input validation. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2018-1294. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Commons Email 1.5. This issue affects an unknown functionality of the component Bounce Address Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a input validation vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-20. The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

If a user of Commons-Email (typically an application programmer) passes unvalidated input as the so-called "Bounce Address", and that input contains line-breaks, then the email details (recipients, contents, etc.) might be manipulated. Mitigation: Users should upgrade to Commons-Email 1.5. You can mitigate this vulnerability for older versions of Commons Email by stripping line-breaks from data, that will be passed to Email.setBounceAddress(String).

The bug was discovered 01/26/2018. The weakness was published 03/20/2018 as not defined mailinglist post (oss-sec). It is possible to read the advisory at seclists.org. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2018-1294 since 12/07/2017. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 11 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 106614 (openSUSE Security Update : apache-commons-email (openSUSE-2018-134)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family SuSE Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 277189 (Fedora Security Update for apache-commons-email (FEDORA-2018-48d385a6fd)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published before and not just after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (106614). Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Input validation
CWE: CWE-20
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Nessus ID: 106614
Nessus Name: openSUSE Security Update : apache-commons-email (openSUSE-2018-134)
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OpenVAS ID: 880214
OpenVAS Name: Fedora Update for apache-commons-email FEDORA-2018-48d385a6fd
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Recommended: Upgrade
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12/07/2017 🔍
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01/15/2020 +665 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: seclists.org
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2018-1294 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2018-1294
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-114815

Entryinfo

Created: 03/21/2018 07:49
Updated: 01/15/2020 09:32
Changes: 03/21/2018 07:49 (71), 01/15/2020 09:32 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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