CVE-2007-1900

Description

CRLF injection vulnerability in the FILTER_VALIDATE_EMAIL filter in ext/filter in PHP 5.2.0 and 5.2.1 allows context-dependent attackers to inject arbitrary e-mail headers via an e-mail address with a '\n' character, which causes a regular expression to ignore the subsequent part of the address string.

5.0
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.89% Top 30%
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Affected: n/a n/a
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References

Link Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/26231 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/25056 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/27110 third party advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1283 vendor advisory
http://www.osvdb.org/33962 vdb entry
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200705-19.xml vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2016 vdb entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/33510 vdb entry
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200710-02.xml vendor advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6067 vdb entry signature
http://secunia.com/advisories/25062 third party advisory
http://www.php-security.org/MOPB/PMOPB-45-2007.html vendor advisory
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-September/msg00397.html vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24824 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.trustix.org/errata/2007/0023/ vendor advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-455-1 vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3386 vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/27037 third party advisory
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2007&m=slackware-security.482863 vendor advisory
http://www.php.net/releases/5_2_3.php
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c01178795 vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/25535 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/27102 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/25445 third party advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23359 vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/25057 third party advisory
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_32_php.html vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2007-1900?
CVE-2007-1900 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2007-1900?
To fix CVE-2007-1900, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2007-1900 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2007-1900 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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