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Debian DSA-220-1 : squirrelmail - XSS

medium Nessus Plugin ID 15057

Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

A cross site scripting vulnerability has been discovered in squirrelmail, a feature-rich webmail package written in PHP4.
Squirrelmail doesn't sanitize user provided variables in all places, leaving it vulnerable to a cross site scripting attack.

Solution

Upgrade the squirrelmail package.

For the current stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 1.2.6-1.3. The old stable distribution (potato) is not affected since it doesn't contain a squirrelmail package.

An updated package for the unstable distribution (sid) is expected soon.

See Also

http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-220

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 15057

File Name: debian_DSA-220.nasl

Version: 1.20

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/29/2004

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:squirrelmail, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: No exploit is required

Patch Publication Date: 1/2/2003

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2002-1341

BID: 6302

DSA: 220