FreeBSD : squirrelmail -- XSS in HTML filter (0e575ed3-0764-11dc-a80b-0016179b2dd5)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 25305

Synopsis

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

Description

The SquirrelMail developers report :

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the HTML filter in SquirrelMail 1.4.0 through 1.4.9a allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) data: URI in an HTML e-mail attachment or (2) various non-ASCII character sets that are not properly filtered when viewed with Microsoft Internet Explorer.

Solution

Update the affected package.

See Also

http://www.squirrelmail.org/security/issue/2007-05-09

http://www.nessus.org/u?17e76e0f

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 25305

File Name: freebsd_pkg_0e575ed3076411dca80b0016179b2dd5.nasl

Version: 1.13

Type: local

Published: 5/25/2007

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.0

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:squirrelmail, cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd

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

Patch Publication Date: 5/21/2007

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/9/2007

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-1262

CWE: 79