SquirrelMail frameset file include
| squirrelmail-frame-file-include (19037) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
SquirrelMail could allow a remote attacker to include malicious Web pages, caused by improper validation of URL variables in the webmail.php script. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a specially-crafted URL to the webmail.php script to include arbitrary Web pages in the SquirrelMail frameset.
Consequences:
Gain Access
Remedy:
Apply the patch for this vulnerability, as listed in SquirrelMail Security Advisory 2005-01-19. See References.
For SuSE Linux:
Apply the appropriate fixed packages via the SuSE FTP server or the YaST Online Update, as listed in SuSE Security Summary Report SUSE-SR:2005:014. See References.
For Red Hat Linux:
Refer to RHSA-2005:099-06 or RHSA-2005:135-04 for patch, upgrade, or suggested workaround information. See References.
For Gentoo Linux:
Refer to Gentoo Linux Security Announcement GLSA 2005-01-39 for patch, upgrade, or suggested workaround information. See References.
References:
- BugTraq Mailing List, Fri Jan 28 2005 - 23:09:03 CST: SquirrelMail Security Advisory.
- SquirrelMail Security Advisory 2005-01-19 : Frame content changing in webmail.php.
- SquirrelMail Web site: SquirrelMail - Webmail for Nuts.
- BID-12337: SquirrelMail Multiple Remote Input Validation Vulnerabilities
- CVE-2005-0103: PHP remote file inclusion vulnerability in webmail.php in SquirrelMail before 1.4.4 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code by modifying a URL parameter to reference a URL on a remote web server that contains the code.
- GLSA-200501-39: SquirrelMail: Multiple vulnerabilities
- RHSA-2005-099: squirrelmail security update
- RHSA-2005-135: squirrelmail security update
- SA13962: SquirrelMail Three Vulnerabilities
- SUSE-SR:2005:014: SUSE Security Summary Report
Platforms Affected:
- Gentoo Linux
- RedHat Enterprise Linux 3 ES
- RedHat Enterprise Linux 3 WS
- RedHat Enterprise Linux 3 AS
- RedHat Enterprise Linux 3 Desktop
- RedHat Enterprise Linux 4 AS
- RedHat Enterprise Linux 4 Desktop
- RedHat Enterprise Linux 4 WS
- RedHat Enterprise Linux 4 ES
- SquirrelMail SquirrelMail 1.4.0-RC1-1.4.4-RC1
- SUSE SuSE Linux
Reported:
Jan 19, 2005
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