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GLSA-201001-08 : SquirrelMail: Multiple vulnerabilities
medium Nessus Plugin ID 44897
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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-201001-08 (SquirrelMail: Multiple vulnerabilities)Multiple vulnerabilities were found in SquirrelMail:
Niels Teusink reported multiple input sanitation flaws in certain encrypted strings in e-mail headers, related to contrib/decrypt_headers.php, PHP_SELF and the query string (aka QUERY_STRING) (CVE-2009-1578).
Niels Teusink also reported that the map_yp_alias() function in functions/imap_general.php does not filter shell metacharacters in a username and that the original patch was incomplete (CVE-2009-1381, CVE-2009-1579).
Tomas Hoger discovered an unspecified session fixation vulnerability (CVE-2009-1580).
Luc Beurton reported that functions/mime.php does not protect the application's content from Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) positioning in HTML e-mail messages (CVE-2009-1581).
Impact :
The vulnerabilities allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the web server, to hijack web sessions via a crafted cookie, to spoof the user interface and to conduct Cross-Site Scripting and phishing attacks, via a specially crafted message.
Workaround :
There is no known workaround at this time.
Solution
All SquirrelMail users should upgrade to the latest version:# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=mail-client/squirrelmail-1.4.19'
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Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 44897
File Name: gentoo_GLSA-201001-08.nasl
Version: 1.11
Type: local
Family: Gentoo Local Security Checks
Published: 2/25/2010
Updated: 1/6/2021
Supported Sensors: Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: High
Score: 7.4
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
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 1/13/2010
Exploitable With
Core Impact
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2009-1381, CVE-2009-1578, CVE-2009-1579, CVE-2009-1580, CVE-2009-1581