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GLSA-200406-08 : Squirrelmail: Another XSS vulnerability

medium Nessus Plugin ID 14519

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-200406-08 (Squirrelmail: Another XSS vulnerability)

 A new cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Squirrelmail-1.4.3_rc1 has been discovered. In functions/mime.php Squirrelmail fails to properly sanitize user input.
 Impact :

 By enticing a user to read a specially crafted e-mail, an attacker can execute arbitrary scripts running in the context of the victim's browser. This could lead to a compromise of the user's webmail account, cookie theft, etc.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All SquirrelMail users should upgrade to the latest stable version:
 # emerge sync # emerge -pv '>=mail-client/squirrelmail-1.4.3' # emerge '>=mail-client/squirrelmail-1.4.3'

See Also

http://www.rs-labs.com/adv/RS-Labs-Advisory-2004-1.txt

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200406-08

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 14519

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200406-08.nasl

Version: 1.18

Type: local

Published: 8/30/2004

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Patch Publication Date: 6/15/2004

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/29/2004

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2004-0520

CERT-CC: CA-2000-02

GLSA: 200406-08