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CVE-2015-9097 Detail

Current Description

The mail gem before 2.5.5 for Ruby (aka A Really Ruby Mail Library) 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.

Source:  MITRE
Description Last Modified:  06/12/2017
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Impact

CVSS v3.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 6.1 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N (V3 legend)
Impact Score: 2.7
Exploitability Score: 2.8

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): Required
Scope (S): Changed
Confidentiality (C): Low
Integrity (I): Low
Availability (A): None

CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 4.3 MEDIUM
Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N) (V2 legend)
Impact Subscore: 2.9
Exploitability Subscore: 8.6

Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (AU): None
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): Partial
Availability (A): None
Additional Information:
Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism
Allows unauthorized modification

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Hyperlink Resource
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/11/3 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.mbsd.jp/Whitepaper/smtpi.pdf Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/mikel/mail/commit/72befdc4dab3e6e288ce226a7da2aa474cf5be83 Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/mikel/mail/pull/1097 Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/issues/215 Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://hackerone.com/reports/137631 Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://rubysec.com/advisories/mail-OSVDB-131677 Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory

Technical Details

Vulnerability Type (View All)

  • Improper Neutralization of CRLF Sequences ('CRLF Injection') (CWE-93)

Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2015-9097
NVD Published Date:
06/12/2017
NVD Last Modified:
07/05/2017