GLSA Bodhisattva
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Posted: Fri Jan 28, 2005 3:04 pm Post subject: [ GLSA 200501-39 ] SquirrelMail: Multiple vulnerabilities |
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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory
Title: SquirrelMail: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 200501-39)
Severity: high
Exploitable: remote
Date: January 28, 2005
Bug(s): #78116
ID: 200501-39
Synopsis
SquirrelMail fails to properly sanitize user input, which could lead to arbitrary code execution and compromise webmail accounts.
Background
SquirrelMail is a webmail package written in PHP. It supports IMAP and SMTP and can optionally be installed with SQL support.
Affected Packages
Package: mail-client/squirrelmail
Vulnerable: <= 1.4.3a-r2
Unaffected: >= 1.4.4
Architectures: All supported architectures
Description
SquirrelMail fails to properly sanitize certain strings when decoding specially-crafted strings, which can lead to PHP file inclusion and XSS. - Insufficient checking of incoming URLs in prefs.php (CAN-2005-0075) and in webmail.php (CAN-2005-0103).
- Insufficient escaping of integers in webmail.php (CAN-2005-0104).
Impact
By sending a specially-crafted URL, an attacker can execute arbitrary code from the local system with the permissions of the web server. Furthermore by enticing a user to load a specially-crafted URL, it is possible to display arbitrary remote web pages in Squirrelmail's frameset and 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
The arbitrary code execution is only possible with "register_globals" set to "On". Gentoo ships PHP with "register_globals" set to "Off" by default. There are no known workarounds for the other issues at this time.
Resolution
All SquirrelMail users should upgrade to the latest version: Code: | # emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=mail-client/squirrelmail-1.4.4" | Note: Users with the vhosts USE flag set should manually use webapp-config to finalize the update.
References
SquirrelMail Advisory
CAN-2005-0075
CAN-2005-0103
CAN-2005-0104
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