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Debian DSA-1154-1 : squirrelmail - variable overwriting

medium Nessus Plugin ID 22696

Synopsis

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

Description

James Bercegay of GulfTech Security Research discovered a vulnerability in SquirrelMail where an authenticated user could overwrite random variables in the compose script. This might be exploited to read or write the preferences or attachment files of other users.

Solution

Upgrade the squirrelmail package.

For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 1.4.4-9.

See Also

http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1154

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 22696

File Name: debian_DSA-1154.nasl

Version: 1.15

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/14/2006

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:squirrelmail, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.1

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

Patch Publication Date: 8/20/2006

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/11/2006

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-4019

DSA: 1154