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MiracleLinux 3 : squirrelmail-1.4.8-5.7AXS3 (AXSA:2009-60:01)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 291422
Synopsis
The remote MiracleLinux host is missing one or more security updates.Description
The remote MiracleLinux 3 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the AXSA:2009-60:01 advisory.SquirrelMail is a standards-based webmail package written in PHP4. It includes built-in pure PHP support for the IMAP and SMTP protocols, and all pages render in pure HTML 4.0 (with no Javascript) for maximum compatibility across browsers. It has very few requirements and is very easy to configure and install.
SquirrelMail has all the functionality you would want from an email client, including strong MIME support, address books, and folder manipulation.
Fixed bugs:
CVE-2009-1578 Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in SquirrelMail before 1.4.18 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via vectors involving (1) certain encrypted strings in e-mail headers, related to contrib/decrypt_headers.php; (2) PHP_SELF; and (3) the query string (aka QUERY_STRING).
CVE-2009-1579 The map_yp_alias function in functions/imap_general.php in SquirrelMail before 1.4.18 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in a username string that is used by the ypmatch program.
CVE-2009-1581 functions/mime.php in SquirrelMail before 1.4.18 does not protect the application's content from Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) positioning in HTML e-mail messages, which allows remote attackers to spoof the user interface, and conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) and phishing attacks, via a crafted message.
Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the MiracleLinux security advisory.
Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.
Solution
Update the affected squirrelmail package.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 291422
File Name: miracle_linux_AXSA-2009-60.nasl
Version: 1.1
Type: local
Published: 1/19/2026
Updated: 1/19/2026
Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: High
Score: 7.4
Vendor
Vendor Severity: High
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.8
Temporal Score: 5.6
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2009-1579
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.1
Temporal Score: 5.7
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:F/RL:O/RC:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2009-1581
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:squirrelmail, cpe:/o:miracle:linux:3
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/MiracleLinux/release, Host/MiracleLinux/rpm-list
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 6/4/2009
Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/12/2009