FreeBSD : squirrelmail -- Several XSS vulnerabilities (e879ca68-e01b-11d9-a8bd-000cf18bbe54)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 19151

Synopsis

The remote FreeBSD host is missing one or more security-related updates.

Description

A SquirrelMail Security Advisory reports :

Several cross site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities have been discovered in SquirrelMail versions 1.4.0 - 1.4.4.

The vulnerabilities are in two categories: the majority can be exploited through URL manipulation, and some by sending a specially crafted email to a victim. When done very carefully, this can cause the session of the user to be hijacked.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

http://www.squirrelmail.org/security/issue/2005-06-15

http://www.nessus.org/u?e47f17c6

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 19151

File Name: freebsd_pkg_e879ca68e01b11d9a8bd000cf18bbe54.nasl

Version: 1.16

Type: local

Published: 7/13/2005

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:ja-squirrelmail, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:squirrelmail, cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/FreeBSD/release, Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info

Patch Publication Date: 6/18/2005

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/15/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-1769