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PHPMailer "Data()" Denial of Service Vulnerability
Secunia Advisory: SA15543
Release Date: 2005-05-31
Last Update: 2005-07-11
Popularity: 9,313 views

Critical:
Less critical
Impact: DoS
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

Software:PHPMailer 1.x

Secunia CVSS-2 Score: Available in Secunia business solutions

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Description:
Mariano Nuñez Di Croce has reported a vulnerability in PHPMailer, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).

The vulnerability is caused due to an error in the processing of overly long headers in the "Data()" function in "class.smtp.php". This can be exploited to consume a large amount of CPU and memory resources on a vulnerable server via an application using the vulnerable mail library.

The vulnerability has been reported in version 1.7.2. Other versions may also be affected.

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