DSA-662-2

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    DSA-662-2

    Published: 14 Mar 2005Last Modified: 4 Jul 2022

    Summary: squirrelmail - several

    Details: Andrew Archibald discovered that the last update to squirrelmail which was intended to fix several problems caused a regression which got exposed when the user hits a session timeout.  For completeness below is the original advisory text: > > Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in Squirrelmail, a > commonly used webmail system. The Common Vulnerabilities and > Exposures project identifies the following problems: > > > * [CAN-2005-0104](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-0104) > Upstream developers noticed that an unsanitised variable could > lead to cross site scripting. > > * [CAN-2005-0152](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-0152) > Grant Hollingworth discovered that under certain circumstances URL > manipulation could lead to the execution of arbitrary code with > the privileges of www-data. This problem only exists in version > 1.2.6 of Squirrelmail. > > > For the stable distribution (woody) these problems have been fixed in version 1.2.6-3. For the unstable distribution (sid) the problem that affects unstable has been fixed in version 1.4.4-1. We recommend that you upgrade your squirrelmail package.

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    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