SquirrelMail up to 1.0.1 cross-site request forgery

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in SquirrelMail up to 1.0.1. This issue affects some unknown processing. Such manipulation leads to cross-site request forgery. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2009-2964. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in SquirrelMail up to 1.0.1 (Mail Client Software) and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross-site request forgery vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-352. The web application does not, or can not, sufficiently verify whether a well-formed, valid, consistent request was intentionally provided by the user who submitted the request. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Multiple cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerabilities in SquirrelMail 1.4.19 and earlier, and NaSMail before 1.7, allow remote attackers to hijack the authentication of unspecified victims via features such as send message and change preferences, related to (1) functions/mailbox_display.php, (2) src/addrbook_search_html.php, (3) src/addressbook.php, (4) src/compose.php, (5) src/folders.php, (6) src/folders_create.php, (7) src/folders_delete.php, (8) src/folders_rename_do.php, (9) src/folders_rename_getname.php, (10) src/folders_subscribe.php, (11) src/move_messages.php, (12) src/options.php, (13) src/options_highlight.php, (14) src/options_identities.php, (15) src/options_order.php, (16) src/search.php, and (17) src/vcard.php.

The weakness was presented 08/12/2009 as Bug 517312 as not defined bug report (Bugzilla). The advisory is available at bugzilla.redhat.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2009-2964. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 67938 (Oracle Linux 3 / 4 / 5 : squirrelmail (ELSA-2009-1490)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Oracle Linux Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 118106 (Apple Mac OS X Security Update 2010-004 Not Installed (APPLE-SA-2010-06-15-1)).

A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (52406), Tenable (67938), SecurityFocus (BID 36196†), OSVDB (57001†) and Secunia (SA40964†). See VDB-48183, VDB-53687, VDB-53686 and VDB-53685 for similar entries. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Cross-site request forgery
CWE: CWE-352 / CWE-862 / CWE-863
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Nessus ID: 67938
Nessus Name: Oracle Linux 3 / 4 / 5 : squirrelmail (ELSA-2009-1490)
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OpenVAS ID: 67845
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 2091-1 (squirrelmail)
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Recommended: no mitigation known
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: Bug 517312
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2009-2964 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2009-2964
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-49658

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X-Force: 52406
SecurityFocus: 36196 - SquirrelMail Form Submissions Cross Site Request Forgery Vulnerability
Secunia: 40964
OSVDB: 57001 - SquirrelMail Multiple Form Pages CSRF
Vulnerability Center: 23702 - SquirrelMail Prior to 1.4.20 RC1 Form Submissions Remote Cross Site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/18/2015 15:15
Updated: 02/22/2025 20:27
Changes: 03/18/2015 15:15 (67), 02/15/2017 09:31 (8), 08/20/2021 14:16 (4), 08/20/2021 14:21 (1), 02/22/2025 20:27 (15)
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