GLSA-200408-07 : Horde-IMP: Input validation vulnerability for Internet Explorer users

medium Nessus Plugin ID 14563

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-200408-07 (Horde-IMP: Input validation vulnerability for Internet Explorer users)

Horde-IMP fails to properly sanitize email messages that contain malicious HTML or script code so that it is not safe for users of Internet Explorer when using the inline MIME viewer for HTML messages.
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 :

Do not use Internet Explorer to access Horde-IMP.

Solution

All Horde-IMP users should upgrade to the latest stable version:
# emerge sync # emerge -pv '>=www-apps/horde-imp-3.2.5' # emerge '>=www-apps/horde-imp-3.2.5'

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 14563

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200408-07.nasl

Version: 1.17

Type: local

Family: Gentoo Local Security Checks

Published: 8/30/2004

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:gentoo:linux:horde-imp, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Patch Publication Date: 8/10/2004

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2004-1443

GLSA: 200408-07

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