SquirrelMail From header cross-site scripting
| squirrelmail-from-header-xss (16285) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
SquirrelMail is vulnerable to cross-site scripting, caused by improper filtering of user-supplied input. A remote attacker could send a specially-crafted email containing malicious code in 'From' header lines, which would be executed in the victim¿s Web browser, once the message is viewed. An attacker could use this vulnerability to steal the victim's cookie-based authentication credentials.
Note: Open WebMail version 2.32 and IlohaMail versions prior to 0.8.13 are also affected by this vulnerability.
Consequences:
Obtain Information
Remedy:
For SquirrelMail:
Upgrade to the latest version of SquirrelMail (1.4.3 or later), available from the SquirrelMail Web site. See References.
For Open WebMail:
Upgrade to the latest current version of Open WebMail (dated 04-Jun-2004 10:34 or later), available from the Open WebMail Web site. See References.
For IlohaMail:
Upgrade to the latest version (0.8.13 or later), available from the IlohaMail Web site. See References.
For Red Hat Linux:
Upgrade to the latest SquirrelMail package, as listed below. Refer to RHSA-2004:240-06 for more information. See References.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 3), ES (v. 3), WS (v. 3), Desktop: 1.4.3-0.e3.1 or later
For Gentoo Linux:
Upgrade to the latest version of SquirrelMail (1.4.3 or later), as listed in GLSA 200406-08. See References.
For Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 (alias woody):
Upgrade to the latest SquirrelMail package (1.2.6-1.4 or later), as listed in DSA-535-1. See References.
For Conectiva Linux:
Upgrade to the latest SquirrelMail package, as listed below. Refer to Conectiva Linux Security Announcement CLSA-2004:858 for more information. See References.
Conectiva Linux 9: 1.4.3a-13677U90_1cl or later
For other distributions:
Contact your vendor for upgrade or patch information.
References:
- BugTraq Mailing List, Thu Jun 03 2004 - 07:43:27 CDT: [openwebmail] Fw: Re: XSS bug..
- Conectiva Linux Announcement CLSA-2004:858: Several vulnerabilities in SquirrelMail.
- IlohaMail Web site: IlohaMail.
- Open WebMail Web site: Index of /openwebmail/download.
- RS-Labs Security Advisory RS-2004-1: SquirrelMail "Content-Type" XSS vulnerability.
- SquirrelMail Web site: SquirrelMail - Webmail for Nuts!.
- BID-10439: SquirrelMail Email Header HTML Injection Vulnerability
- BID-10450: SquirrelMail From Email Header HTML Injection Vulnerability
- BID-10667: Open WebMail Email Header HTML Injection Vulnerability
- BID-10668: IlohaMail Email Header HTML Injection Vulnerability
- CVE-2004-0520: Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in mime.php for SquirrelMail before 1.4.3 allows remote attackers to insert arbitrary HTML and script via the content-type mail header, as demonstrated using read_body.php.
- CVE-2004-0639: Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Squirrelmail 1.2.10 and earlier allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary HTML or script via (1) the $mailer variable in read_body.php, (2) the $senderNames_part variable in mailbox_display.php, and possibly other vectors including (3) the $event_title variable or (4) the $event_text variable.
- DSA-535: squirrelmail -- several vulnerabilities
- GLSA-200406-08: Squirrelmail: Another XSS vulnerability
- RHSA-2004-240: squirrelmail security update
Platforms Affected:
- Conectiva Linux 9.0
- Debian Debian Linux 3.0
- Gentoo Linux
- RedHat Enterprise Linux 3 ES
- RedHat Enterprise Linux 3 AS
- RedHat Enterprise Linux 3 Desktop
- RedHat Enterprise Linux 3 WS
- RedHat Linux 3.0
- SquirrelMail SquirrelMail prior to 1.4.3
- SquirrelMail SquirrelMail prior to 1.5.1 dev
Reported:
May 30, 2004
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