CVE-2010-2813

Publication date 19 August 2010

Last updated 24 July 2024

Description

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.

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Show unmaintained releases

Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
squirrelmail	13.10 saucy	Not affected
	13.04 raring	Not affected
	12.10 quantal	Not affected
	12.04 LTS precise	Not affected
	11.10 oneiric	Not affected
	11.04 natty	Not affected
	10.10 maverick	Not affected
	10.04 LTS lucid	Ignored end of life
	9.10 karmic	Ignored end of life
	9.04 jaunty	Ignored end of life
	8.04 LTS hardy	Ignored end of life
	6.06 LTS dapper	Ignored end of life

Notes

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Note that Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2012:010 was incomplete (see CVE-2012-2124)

Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. How can I get the fixes?

Package	Patch details
squirrelmail	Upstream: http://squirrelmail.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/squirrelmail/branches/SM-1_4-STABLE/squirrelmail/functions/imap_general.php?view=patch&r1=13972&r2=13971&pathrev=13972

References

Other references

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2010-2813