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GLSA-200411-25 : SquirrelMail: Encoded text XSS vulnerability

medium Nessus Plugin ID 15736

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-200411-25 (SquirrelMail: Encoded text XSS vulnerability)

 SquirrelMail fails to properly sanitize certain strings when decoding specially crafted headers.
 Impact :

 By enticing a user to read a specially crafted e-mail, an attacker can execute arbitrary scripts running in the context of the victim's browser. This could lead to a compromise of the user's webmail account, cookie theft, etc.
 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-1.4.3a-r2' Note: Users with the vhosts USE flag set should manually use webapp-config to finalize the update.

See Also

http://article.gmane.org/gmane.mail.squirrelmail.user/21169

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200411-25

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 15736

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200411-25.nasl

Version: 1.18

Type: local

Published: 11/17/2004

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.7

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

Patch Publication Date: 11/17/2004

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/10/2004

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2004-1036

GLSA: 200411-25