RHEL 3 : squirrelmail (RHSA-2005:135)

high Nessus Plugin ID 16370

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update.

Description

An updated Squirrelmail package that fixes several security issues is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3.

SquirrelMail is a standards-based webmail package written in PHP4.

Jimmy Conner discovered a missing variable initialization in Squirrelmail. This flaw could allow potential insecure file inclusions on servers where the PHP setting 'register_globals' is set to 'On'.
This is not a default or recommended setting. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CVE-2005-0075 to this issue.

A URL sanitisation bug was found in Squirrelmail. This flaw could allow a cross site scripting attack when loading the URL for the sidebar. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CVE-2005-0103 to this issue.

A missing variable initialization bug was found in Squirrelmail. This flaw could allow a cross site scripting attack. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CVE-2005-0104 to this issue.

Users of Squirrelmail are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which contains backported patches to correct these issues.

Solution

Update the affected squirrelmail package.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 16370

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2005-135.nasl

Version: 1.26

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 2/10/2005

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.3

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:squirrelmail, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:3

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Patch Publication Date: 2/10/2005

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/24/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-0075, CVE-2005-0103, CVE-2005-0104

RHSA: 2005:135

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