CentOS 3 / 4 : squirrelmail (CESA-2007:0022)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 24288

Synopsis

The remote CentOS host is missing a security update.

Description

A new squirrelmail package that fixes security issues is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 and 4.

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

Several cross-site scripting bugs were discovered in SquirrelMail. An attacker could inject arbitrary JavaScript or HTML content into SquirrelMail pages by tricking a user into visiting a carefully crafted URL. (CVE-2006-6142)

Users of SquirrelMail should upgrade to this erratum package, which contains a backported patch to correct these issues.

Notes: - After installing this update, users are advised to restart their httpd service to ensure that the updated version functions correctly. - config.php should NOT be modified, please modify config_local.php instead. - Known Bug: The configuration generator may potentially produce bad options that interfere with the operation of this application. Applying specific config changes to config_local.php manually is recommended.

Solution

Update the affected squirrelmail package.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?05c0a774

http://www.nessus.org/u?2a4f781b

http://www.nessus.org/u?bf4c6772

http://www.nessus.org/u?631a383c

http://www.nessus.org/u?62506789

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 24288

File Name: centos_RHSA-2007-0022.nasl

Version: 1.17

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/9/2007

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:squirrelmail, cpe:/o:centos:centos:3, cpe:/o:centos:centos:4

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/1/2007

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/5/2006

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-6142

BID: 21414

RHSA: 2007:0022