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Oracle Linux 5 : squirrelmail (ELSA-2012-0103)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 68452

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Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 5 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2012-0103 advisory.

 - patch for CVE-2010-2813 was not complete
 - fix: CVE-2010-1637 : Port-scans via non-standard POP3 server ports in Mail Fetch plugin
 - fix: CVE-2010-2813 : DoS (disk space consumption) by random IMAP login attempts with 8-bit characters in the password
 - fix: CVE-2010-4554 : Prone to clickjacking attacks
 - fix: CVE-2010-4555 : Multiple XSS flaws
 - fix: CVE-2011-2752 : CRLF injection vulnerability

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected squirrelmail package.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2012-0103.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 68452

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2012-0103.nasl

Version: 1.12

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/12/2013

Updated: 12/11/2024

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, 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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2011-2753

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2010-1637

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:oracle:linux:5:7:patch, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:5, cpe:/a:oracle:linux:5::latest, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:squirrelmail

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/9/2012

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/22/2010

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2010-1637, CVE-2010-2813, CVE-2010-4554, CVE-2010-4555, CVE-2011-2023, CVE-2011-2752, CVE-2011-2753

BID: 40291, 42399, 48648

RHSA: 2012:0103