Vulnerability in Squirrelmail Imap General.php
CVE-2009-1381
The map_yp_alias function in functions/imap_general.php in SquirrelMail before 1.4.19-1 on Debian GNU/Linux, and possibly other operating systems and versions, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in a username string that is used by the ypmatch program. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2009-1579.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 6.8 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.029 (86.7th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 87th percentile — 86.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.029 · newest: 0.029 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Squirrelmail Imap General.php — versions 1.2.2
- Squirrelmail — versions 1.2.5, 1.2.6, 1.2.6-rc1
- Squirrelmail Squirrelmail1.4.19-1
References
- secunia.com/advisories/35140 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-May/msg01202.html (vendor-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/503718/100/0/threaded (mailing-list)
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisories (vendor-advisory)
- release.debian.org/proposed-updates/stable_diffs/squirrelmail_1.4.15-4+lenny2.d… (Exploit, Vendor Advisory)
- www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-May/msg01195.html (vendor-advisory)
- www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1802 (vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)