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RHEL 3 / 4 / 5 : squirrelmail (RHSA-2007:0358)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 25270
Synopsis
The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update.Description
A new squirrelmail package that fixes security issues is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, 4 and 5.This update has been rated as having moderate security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team.
SquirrelMail is a standards-based webmail package written in PHP4.
Several HTML filtering bugs were discovered in SquirrelMail. An attacker could inject arbitrary JavaScript leading to cross-site scripting attacks by sending an e-mail viewed by a user within SquirrelMail. (CVE-2007-1262)
Squirrelmail did not sufficiently check arguments to IMG tags in HTML e-mail messages. This could be exploited by an attacker by sending arbitrary e-mail messages on behalf of a squirrelmail user tricked into opening a maliciously crafted HTML e-mail message.
(CVE-2007-2589)
Users of SquirrelMail should upgrade to this erratum package, which contains a backported patch to correct these issues.
Solution
Update the affected squirrelmail package.See Also
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2007-1262
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2007-2589
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 25270
File Name: redhat-RHSA-2007-0358.nasl
Version: 1.26
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
Published: 5/20/2007
Updated: 1/14/2021
Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Low
Score: 3.4
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:squirrelmail, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:3, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4.5, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu
Patch Publication Date: 5/17/2007
Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/11/2007
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2007-1262, CVE-2007-2589