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GLSA-201709-13 : SquirrelMail: Remote Code Execution

high Nessus Plugin ID 103281

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Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201709-13 (SquirrelMail: Remote Code Execution)

 It was discovered that the sendmail.cf file is mishandled in a popen call.
 Impact :

 A remote attacker, by enticing a user to open an e-mail attachment, could execute arbitrary shell commands.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

Gentoo has discontinued support for SquirrelMail and recommends that users unmerge the package:
 # emerge --unmerge 'mail-client/squirrelmail'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201709-13

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 103281

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-201709-13.nasl

Version: 3.4

Type: local

Published: 9/18/2017

Updated: 1/11/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9

Temporal Score: 7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:gentoo:linux, p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:squirrelmail

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/17/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-7692

GLSA: 201709-13