SqWebMail HTML cross-site scripting
| sqwebmail-html-xss (22043) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
SqWebMail is vulnerable to cross-site scripting. A remote attacker could send a specially-crafted URL containing embedded code which, once the link is clicked, would be executed in the victim's Web browser within the security context of the hosting site. An attacker could use this vulnerability to steal the victim's cookie-based authentication credentials.
Platforms Affected:
- Canonical, Ubuntu 4.10
- Canonical, Ubuntu 5.04
- Debian, Debian Linux 3.0
- Debian, Debian Linux 3.1
- Inter7, SqWebMail 5.0.4
Remedy:
Upgrade to the latest version of SqWebMail (0.51.0 or later), available from the Courier Mail Server Download Web page. See References.
For Ubuntu Linux:
Refer to USN-201-1 for patch, upgrade, or suggested workaround information. See References.
For other distributions:
Contact your vendor for upgrade or patch information.
Consequences:
Gain Access
References:
- CIAC Information Bulletin P-295, Courier at http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/p-295.shtml.
- Courier Mail Server Download Web page, Courier Mail Server - latest releases at http://www.courier-mta.org/?download.php.
- Full-Disclosure Mailing List: Mon Aug 29 2005 - 05:33:59 CDT, Secunia Research: SqWebMail HTML Emails Script Insertion Vulnerability at http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2005-08/0978.html.
- BID-14676: SqWebMail HTML Email IMG Tag Script Injection Vulnerability
- CVE-2005-2769: Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in SqWebMail 5.0.4 and possibly other versions allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via an HTML e-mail containing tags with strings that contain > or other special characters, which is not properly sanitized by SqWebMail.
- DSA-793: courier -- missing input sanitising
- SA16600: SqWebMail HTML Emails Script Insertion Vulnerability
- USN-201-1: SqWebmail vulnerabilities
Reported:
Aug 29, 2005
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