Description
Argument injection vulnerability in the sendmail implementation of the Mail::Send method (Mail/sendmail.php) in the Mail package 1.1.14 for PEAR allows remote attackers to read and write arbitrary files via a crafted $from parameter, a different vector than CVE-2009-4111.
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
Debian
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian 14 | php-mail | 1.1.14-2 | — |
| Debian 13 | php-mail | 1.1.14-2 | — |
| Debian 12 | php-mail | 1.1.14-2 | — |
| Debian 5.0 | php-mail | 1.1.14-1+lenny1 | DSA-1938-1 |
| Debian 4.0 | php-mail | 1.1.6-2+etch1 | DSA-1938-1 |
Advisories 1
- DSA-1938-1 php-mail - insufficient input sanitising Debian Security (DSA / DLA) · Mar 9, 2026
References
- 37081 vdb-entry
- SUSE-SR:2010:020 vendor-advisory
- 37458 third-party-advisory
- [oss-security] 20091123 CVE request: Argument injections in multiple PEAR packages mailing-list
- ADV-2009-3300 vdb-entry
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=294256
- http://pear.php.net/bugs/bug.php?id=16200&edit=12&patch=quick-fix&revision=1241757412
- pear-from-security-bypass(54362) vdb-entry
- DSA-1938 vendor-advisory
- 37410 third-party-advisory
- http://svn.php.net/viewvc/pear/packages/Mail/trunk/Mail/sendmail.php?r1=243717&r2=280134
- http://pear.php.net/bugs/bug.php?id=16200