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FreeBSD : squirrelmail -- random variable overwrite vulnerability (21b7c550-2a22-11db-a6e2-000e0c2e438a)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 22209

Synopsis

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

Description

The SquirrelMail developers report :

A logged in user could overwrite random variables in compose.php, which might make it possible to read/write other users' preferences or attachments.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

http://www.squirrelmail.org/security/issue/2006-08-11

http://www.nessus.org/u?3f371a2a

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 22209

File Name: freebsd_pkg_21b7c5502a2211dba6e2000e0c2e438a.nasl

Version: 1.12

Type: local

Published: 8/14/2006

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: 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: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: 8/12/2006

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/11/2006

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-4019