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If through a vulnerability assessment, a network security issue is detected for the vulnerability below, applying the appropriate security patches in a timely matter is very important. If you have detected that your system has already been compromised, following CERT's Network Security recovery document will assist with recommended steps for system recovery. Home >> Browse Vulnerability Assessment Database >> CGI abuses >> SquirrelMail session_expired_post Arbitrary Variables Overwriting Vulnerability Vulnerability Assessment Details
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SquirrelMail session_expired_post Arbitrary Variables Overwriting Vulnerability |
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Tries to overwrite a variable SquirrelMail Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment Summary : The remote webmail application suffers from a data modification vulnerability. Description : The installed version of SquirrelMail permits for restoring expired sessions in an unsafe manner. Using a specially-crafted expired session, a user can leverage this issue to take control of arbitrary variables used by the affected application, which can lead to other attacks against the system, such as reading or writing of arbitrary files on the system. See also : http://www.gulftech.org/?node=research&article_id=00108-08112006 http://www.squirrelmail.org/security/issue/2006-08-11 http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2006-08/0241.html Solution : Apply the patch referenced in the vendor advisory above or upgrade to SquirrelMail version 1.4.8 or later. Network Security Threat Level: Medium / CVSS Base Score : 4.7 (AV:R/AC:L/Au:NR/C:P/I:P/A:N/B:N) Networks Security ID: 19486 Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: This script is Copyright (C) 2006 Tenable Network Security |
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