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SquirrelMail < 1.4.3 Multiple Vulnerabilities
high Nessus Plugin ID 14228
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Synopsis
The remote service is vulnerable to injection attacks allowing command execution.Description
The remote host is running SquirrelMail, a web-based mail server.There are several flaws in all versions less than 1.4.3 and development versions 1.5.0 and 1.5.1 that allow for local root access and remote cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.
***** Nessus has determined the vulnerability exists on the target
***** simply by looking at the version number of Squirrelmail
***** installed there.
Solution
Upgrade to SquirrelMail 1.4.3 or greater.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 14228
File Name: squirrelmail_143.nasl
Version: 1.38
Type: remote
Family: CGI abuses
Published: 5/5/2004
Updated: 6/4/2024
Configuration: Enable thorough checks
Supported Sensors: Nessus
Enable CGI Scanning: true
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 5.8
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.5
Temporal Score: 5.9
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail
Required KB Items: www/squirrelmail
Excluded KB Items: Settings/disable_cgi_scanning
Exploit Ease: No exploit is required
Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/27/2004