Vulnerability in Squirrelmail
CVE-2010-2813
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.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 5.0 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.040 (90.3th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 90th percentile — 90.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.040 · newest: 0.040 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Squirrelmail — versions 1.4.2-r1, 1.4.11, 1.4.4_rc1
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-August/045383.html (vendor-advisory)
- support.apple.com/kb/HT5130
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/61124 (vdb-entry)
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-August/045372.html (vendor-advisory)
- squirrelmail.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/squirrelmail/branches/SM-1_4-STABLE/squ…
- www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2091 (vendor-advisory)
- lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/Feb/msg00000.html (vendor-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/40964 (third-party-advisory, Vendor Advisory)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2080 (vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/42399 (vdb-entry)