SMTP Header Injection Affecting org.apache.commons:commons-email package, versions [,1.5)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
6.04% (93rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-JAVA-ORGAPACHECOMMONS-31458
  • published31 Aug 2017
  • disclosed31 Jul 2017
  • creditAdam Williams

Introduced: 31 Jul 2017

CVE-2017-9801  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade org.apache.commons:commons-email to version 1.5 or higher.

Overview

org.apache.commons:commons-email aims to provide a API for sending email.

Affected versions of the package are vulnerable to SMTP Header Injection. When a call-site passes a subject for an email that contains line-breaks in Apache Commons Email 1.0 through 1.4, the caller can add arbitrary SMTP headers.

CVSS Base Scores

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