MGASA-2017-0121

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    MGASA-2017-0121

    Published: 1 May 2017Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2017-7692

    Summary: Updated squirrelmail packages fix security vulnerability

    Details: Squirrelmail version 1.4.22 (and probably prior) is vulnerable to a remote code execution vulnerability because it fails to sanitize a string before passing it to a popen call. It's possible to exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary shell commands on the remote server (CVE-2017-7692).

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2017-0121.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=20703, http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/04/19/6

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: squirrelmail

    Purl: pkg:rpm/mageia/squirrelmail?arch=source&distro=mageia-5

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.4.22-12.2.mga5

    Affected versions

    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
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