CVE Feed

    Dashboard / CVE / CVE-2009-1579

    CVE-2009-1579

    The map_yp_alias function in functions/imap_general.php in SquirrelMail before 1.4.18 and NaSMail before 1.7 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in a username string that is used by the ypmatch program.

    Published:May 10, 2009
    Last Modified:Apr 23, 2026
    EPS:May 14, 2009
    EPSS Score:0.03597
    CVSS Score:6.8

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux
    Vendor
    Squirrelmail
    Product
    Squirrelmail

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

    Related CVEs

    CVE-2026-77159 (CVSS 5.5) — A symlink-following flaw was found in libvirt's qemuTPMEmulatorPrepareHost() function. The function uses a pat…
    CVE-2026-88914 (CVSS 4.4) — A flaw was found in GStreamer's gst-plugins-good isomp4 plugin. When processing a specially crafted MP4 or MOV…
    CVE-2026-84828 (CVSS 6.5) — A flaw was found in PCS (Pacemaker Configuration System). A local attacker with membership in the 'haclient' g…
    CVE-2026-88859 (CVSS 6.3) — A flaw was found in Evolution. A remote attacker can exploit this vulnerability by sending a specially crafted…
    CVE-2026-18147 (CVSS 8.1) — A flaw was found in FreeIPA. An unauthenticated remote attacker could exploit a DOM Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)…
    CVE-2026-87853 (CVSS 7.5) — A flaw was found in SSSD's IdP authentication provider. The eval_access_token_buf() function compares the OIDC…
    CVE-2026-88924 (CVSS 7) — A flaw was found in the admin backend of gvfs. The privileged gvfsd-admin daemon changes the ownership of newl…
    CVE-2026-87876 (CVSS 3) — Two case-insensitive comparisons on request-derived usernames outside the main authorization path in CUPS's sc…
    CVE-2026-87875 (CVSS 4.3) — The cupsUTF32ToUTF8() function in CUPS's cups/transcode.c lacks a source-length bound and can read past the en…
    CVE-2026-87766 (CVSS 8.8) — A flaw was found in bubblewrap. During sandbox setup, creating files or directories under the new root can fol…

    References

    http://download.gna.org/nasmail/nasmail-1.7.zip
    http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Jun/msg00001.html
    http://secunia.com/advisories/35052
    http://secunia.com/advisories/35073
    http://secunia.com/advisories/35140
    http://secunia.com/advisories/35259
    http://secunia.com/advisories/37415
    http://secunia.com/advisories/40220
    http://squirrelmail.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/squirrelmail/branches/SM-1_4-STABLE/squirrelmail/doc/ChangeLog
    http://squirrelmail.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/squirrelmail/branches/SM-1_4-STABLE/squirrelmail/functions/imap_general.php?r1=13674&r2=13673&pathrev=13674
    http://squirrelmail.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/squirrelmail?view=rev&revision=13674
    http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4188
    http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1802
    http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:110
    http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1066.html
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34916
    http://www.squirrelmail.org/security/issue/2009-05-10
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1296
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3315
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1481
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=500360
    https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50461
    https://gna.org/forum/forum.php?forum_id=2146
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10986
    https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-May/msg00566.html
    https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-May/msg00572.html
    https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-May/msg00577.html
    http://download.gna.org/nasmail/nasmail-1.7.zip
    http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Jun/msg00001.html
    http://secunia.com/advisories/35052
    http://secunia.com/advisories/35073
    http://secunia.com/advisories/35140
    http://secunia.com/advisories/35259
    http://secunia.com/advisories/37415
    http://secunia.com/advisories/40220
    http://squirrelmail.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/squirrelmail/branches/SM-1_4-STABLE/squirrelmail/doc/ChangeLog
    http://squirrelmail.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/squirrelmail/branches/SM-1_4-STABLE/squirrelmail/functions/imap_general.php?r1=13674&r2=13673&pathrev=13674
    http://squirrelmail.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/squirrelmail?view=rev&revision=13674
    http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4188
    http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1802
    http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:110
    http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1066.html
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34916
    http://www.squirrelmail.org/security/issue/2009-05-10
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1296
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3315
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1481
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=500360
    https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50461
    https://gna.org/forum/forum.php?forum_id=2146
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10986
    https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-May/msg00566.html
    https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-May/msg00572.html
    https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-May/msg00577.html

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High