ubuntu-cve-2015-9096
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2017-06-12 00:00
Modified
2026-04-22 07:37
Summary
Details

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.

Severity
6.1 (Medium)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
N/A (UNKNOWN)
medium
References
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  "aliases": [],
  "details": "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.",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2015-9096",
  "modified": "2026-04-22T07:37:53Z",
  "published": "2017-06-12T00:00:00Z",
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    },
    {
      "score": "medium",
      "type": "Ubuntu"
    }
  ],
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2015-9096"
  ]
}



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