CVE-2015-9097

Public Exploit

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.

Category

6.1
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 3.0 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.88% Top 30%
Vendor Advisory rubysec.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://github.com/mikel/mail/pull/1097 third party advisory issue tracking
https://hackerone.com/reports/137631 third party advisory issue tracking
https://github.com/mikel/mail/commit/72befdc4dab3e6e288ce226a7da2aa474cf5be83 third party advisory exploit
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/11/3 third party advisory mailing list
https://rubysec.com/advisories/mail-OSVDB-131677 vendor advisory issue tracking
https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/issues/215 third party advisory issue tracking
http://www.mbsd.jp/Whitepaper/smtpi.pdf third party advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2015-9097?
CVE-2015-9097 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2015-9097?
To fix CVE-2015-9097, 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-2015-9097 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2015-9097 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. 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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