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SquirrelMail < 1.4.21 Multiple Vulnerabilities

medium Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 5629

Synopsis

The remote web server if vulnerable to a denial-of-service attack.

Description

The remote host is running SquirrelMail, a web-based email client.

Versions of SquirrelMail earlier than 1.4.21 are potentially affected by a denial-of-service vulnerability. By submitting a random login with 8-bit characters in the password, it is possible to cause SquirrelMail to create a preferences file even if the login is not valid. An attacker, exploiting this flaw, could create enough files to cause the server to run out of disk space.

Solution

Upgrade to SquirrelMail 1.4.21 or later.

See Also

http://www.squirrelmail.org/security/issue/2010-07-23

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 5629

Family: CGI

Published: 8/13/2010

Updated: 3/6/2019

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 4.1

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.9

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail

Patch Publication Date: 7/23/2010

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/23/2010

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2010-2813

BID: 42399