SquirrelMail up to 1.43 resource management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in SquirrelMail up to 1.43. It has been rated as problematic. Impacted is an unknown function. Performing a manipulation results in resource management. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2010-2813. There is not any exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in SquirrelMail up to 1.43 (Mail Client Software). It has been classified as problematic. This affects an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource management vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-399. This is going to have an impact on availability. The summary by CVE is:

functions/imap_general.php in SquirrelMail before 1.4.21 does not properly handle 8-bit characters in passwords, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (disk consumption) by making many IMAP login attempts with different usernames, leading to the creation of many preferences files.

The weakness was released 08/19/2010 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at squirrelmail.org. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2010-2813 since 07/22/2010. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 48305 (Fedora 13 : squirrelmail-1.4.21-1.fc13 (2010-11422)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Fedora Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 120040 (CentOS Security Update for SquirrelMail(CESA-2012:0103)).

Upgrading to version 1.44 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (61124), Tenable (48305), SecurityFocus (BID 42399†), Secunia (SA40964†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-26814†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-53758, VDB-57949, VDB-57948 and VDB-57933. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

Productinfo

Type

• Mail Client Software

Name

• SquirrelMail

Version

• 1.0
• 1.1
• 1.2
• 1.3
• 1.4
• 1.5
• 1.6
• 1.7
• 1.8
• 1.9
• 1.10
• 1.11
• 1.12
• 1.13
• 1.14
• 1.15
• 1.16
• 1.17
• 1.18
• 1.19
• 1.20
• 1.21
• 1.22
• 1.23
• 1.24
• 1.25
• 1.26
• 1.27
• 1.28
• 1.29
• 1.30
• 1.31
• 1.32
• 1.33
• 1.34
• 1.35
• 1.36
• 1.37
• 1.38
• 1.39
• 1.40
• 1.41
• 1.42
• 1.43

License

• free

CPE 2.3info

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CPE 2.2info

• 🔍
• 🔍
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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.8

VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 4.8
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Resource management
CWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 48305
Nessus Name: Fedora 13 : squirrelmail-1.4.21-1.fc13 (2010-11422)
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OpenVAS ID: 67845
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 2091-1 (squirrelmail)
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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
Status: 🔍

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Upgrade: SquirrelMail 1.44

Timelineinfo

07/22/2010 🔍
07/23/2010 +1 days 🔍
07/23/2010 +0 days 🔍
08/12/2010 +20 days 🔍
08/13/2010 +1 days 🔍
08/16/2010 +3 days 🔍
08/19/2010 +3 days 🔍
08/19/2010 +0 days 🔍
03/19/2015 +1673 days 🔍
09/23/2021 +2380 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: dsa-2091
Status: Not defined
Confirmation: 🔍

CVE: CVE-2010-2813 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2010-2813
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-54411

OVAL: 🔍

X-Force: 61124
SecurityFocus: 42399 - SquirrelMail Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability
Secunia: 40964 - Debian update for squirrelmail, Less Critical
Vulnerability Center: 26814 - SquirrelMail prior to 1.4.21 Remote DoS Vulnerability via Multiple Crafted Requests, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2010-2070

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/19/2015 14:37
Updated: 09/23/2021 12:21
Changes: 03/19/2015 14:37 (63), 03/02/2017 20:51 (15), 09/23/2021 12:06 (3), 09/23/2021 12:13 (1), 09/23/2021 12:21 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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