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SquirrelMail Insecure Parameters Extraction Vulnerability
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA16058
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Release Date:
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2005-07-14
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Last Update:
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2005-07-15
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Popularity:
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9,276 views
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Critical:
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Moderately critical
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Impact:
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Cross Site Scripting
Manipulation of data
Exposure of sensitive information
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Where:
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From remote
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Patch
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| Software: | SquirrelMail 1.x
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| CVE reference: | CVE-2005-2095
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Description:
James Bercegay has reported a vulnerability in SquirrelMail, which can be exploited by malicious people to conduct cross-site scripting attacks, and disclose and manipulate sensitive information.
The vulnerability is caused due to an error where parameters are insecurely extracted in options_identities.php. This can be exploited to disclose and manipulate other users' preferences, write files to arbitrary locations, and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in a user's browser session in context of an affected site.
The vulnerability has been reported in versions 1.4.0 through 1.4.5-RC1.
Solution:
Update to version 1.4.5.
http://www.squirrelmail.org/download.php
Provided and/or discovered by:
James Bercegay, GulfTech Security.
Changelog:
2005-07-15: James Bercegay released details. Updated advisory.
Original Advisory:
SquirrelMail:
http://www.squirrelmail.org/security/issue/2005-07-13
GulfTech Security:
http://www.gulftech.org/?node=research&article_id=00090-07142005
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