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SquirrelMail Encoded Headers Script Insertion Vulnerability
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA13155
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Release Date:
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2004-11-11
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Last Update:
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2004-11-18
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Popularity:
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10,257 views
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Critical:
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Moderately critical
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Impact:
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Cross Site Scripting
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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-2004-1036
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Description:
Joost Pol has reported a vulnerability in SquirrelMail, which can be exploited by malicious people to conduct script insertion attacks.
The vulnerability is caused due to an input validation error in the "decodeHeader()" function in "mime.php" when processing encoded text in headers. This can be exploited to inject arbitrary HTML and script code, which will be executed in a user's browser session in context of a vulnerable site.
The vulnerability has been reported in the following versions:
* SquirrelMail 1.4.3a and prior
* SquirrelMail 1.5.1-cvs before 23rd October 2004
Solution:
Apply patch for version 1.4.3a:
http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/squirrelmail/sm143a-xss.diff?download
Provided and/or discovered by:
Joost Pol
Changelog:
2004-11-18: Added CVE reference.
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