The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'squirrelmail' package(s) announced via the DSA-1154 advisory. It is found that an authenticated user could overwrite random variables in the compose script, leading to potential exploitation to read or write the preferences or attachment files of other users
Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 29 |
---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Dynamic Variable Evaluation | 10 Apr 202000:11 | – | veracode |
![]() | RHSA-2006:0668 Red Hat Security Advisory: squirrelmail security update | 15 Sep 202416:21 | – | osv |
![]() | (RHSA-2006:0668) squirrelmail security update | 26 Sep 200600:00 | – | redhat |
![]() | SquirrelMail compose.php session_expired_post Arbitrary Variable Overwriting | 17 Aug 200600:00 | – | nessus |
![]() | Fedora Core 5 : squirrelmail-1.4.8-1.fc5 (2006-913) | 17 Jan 200700:00 | – | nessus |
![]() | Debian DSA-1154-1 : squirrelmail - variable overwriting | 14 Oct 200600:00 | – | nessus |
![]() | Oracle Linux 4 : squirrelmail (ELSA-2006-0668) | 12 Jul 201300:00 | – | nessus |
![]() | CentOS 3 / 4 : squirrelmail (CESA-2006:0668) | 27 Sep 200600:00 | – | nessus |
![]() | RHEL 3 / 4 : squirrelmail (RHSA-2006:0668) | 27 Sep 200600:00 | – | nessus |
![]() | FreeBSD : squirrelmail -- random variable overwrite vulnerability (21b7c550-2a22-11db-a6e2-000e0c2e438a) | 14 Aug 200600:00 | – | nessus |
Source | Link |
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security-tracker | www.security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/DSA-1154 |
debian | www.debian.org/security/2006/DSA-1154 |
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2008 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.57298");
script_cve_id("CVE-2006-4019");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2008-01-17 22:13:11 +0000 (Thu, 17 Jan 2008)");
script_version("2024-02-01T14:37:10+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2024-02-01 14:37:10 +0000 (Thu, 01 Feb 2024)");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"6.4");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N");
script_name("Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-1154)");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2008 Greenbone AG");
script_family("Debian Local Security Checks");
script_dependencies("gather-package-list.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("ssh/login/debian_linux", "ssh/login/packages", re:"ssh/login/release=DEB3\.1");
script_xref(name:"Advisory-ID", value:"DSA-1154");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://www.debian.org/security/2006/DSA-1154");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/DSA-1154");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'squirrelmail' package(s) announced via the DSA-1154 advisory.");
script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable package version is present on the target host.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"James Bercegay of GulfTech Security Research discovered a vulnerability in SquirrelMail where an authenticated user could overwrite random variables in the compose script. This might be exploited to read or write the preferences or attachment files of other users.
For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 1.4.4-9.
For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 1.4.8-1.
We recommend that you upgrade your squirrelmail package.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"'squirrelmail' package(s) on Debian 3.1.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Please install the updated package(s).");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");
exit(0);
}
include("revisions-lib.inc");
include("pkg-lib-deb.inc");
release = dpkg_get_ssh_release();
if(!release)
exit(0);
res = "";
report = "";
if(release == "DEB3.1") {
if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"squirrelmail", ver:"2:1.4.4-9", rls:"DEB3.1"))) {
report += res;
}
if(report != "") {
security_message(data:report);
} else if(__pkg_match) {
exit(99);
}
exit(0);
}
exit(0);
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