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-rw-r--r--email_in.pl10
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/email_in.pl b/email_in.pl
index 864bdee7f..81637ebc4 100644
--- a/email_in.pl
+++ b/email_in.pl
@@ -106,6 +106,16 @@ sub parse_mail {
if ($line =~ /^@(\S+)\s*=\s*(.*)\s*/) {
$current_field = lc($1);
+ # It's illegal to pass the reporter field as you could
+ # override the "From:" field of the message and bypass
+ # authentication checks, such as PGP.
+ if ($current_field eq 'reporter') {
+ # We reset the $current_field variable to something
+ # post_bug and process_bug will ignore, in case the
+ # attacker splits the reporter field on several lines.
+ $current_field = 'illegal_field';
+ next;
+ }
$fields{$current_field} = $2;
}
else {