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CVE-2002-0986 (GCVE-0-2002-0986)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2004-09-01 04:00 – Updated: 2024-08-08 03:12
VLAI
Summary
The mail function in PHP 4.x to 4.2.2 does not filter ASCII control characters from its arguments, which could allow remote attackers to modify mail message content, including mail headers, and possibly use PHP as a "spam proxy."
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
References
URL Tags
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http://www.debian.org/security/2002/dsa-168 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
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http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CONECTIVA
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http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2002-248.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2002-244.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2002-214.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
Date Public
2002-08-23 00:00
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