SquirrelMail compose.php cross-site request forgery
| squirrelmail-compose-csrf (34219) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
SquirrelMail is vulnerable to a cross-site request forgery, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input by the compose.php script. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a specially-crafted email within an IMG tag, which would allow the attacker to perform cross-site scripting attacks, Web cache poisoning, and other malicious activity, if the attacker could persuade the victim to open the malicious email message.
*CVSS:
| Base Score: | 4.2 |
| Access Vector: | Remote |
| Access Complexity: | High |
| Authentication: | Not Required |
| Confidentiality Impact: | None |
| Integrity Impact: | Partial |
| Availability Impact: | Partial |
| Temporal Score: | 3.7 |
| Exploitability: | High |
| Remediation Level: | Official-Fix |
| Report Confidence: | Confirmed |
Consequences:
Gain Access
Remedy:
Upgrade to the latest version of SquirrelMail (1.4.10 or later), available from Sourceforge.net. See References.
For Debian GNU/Linux (squirrelmail):
Refer to DSA-1290-1 for patch, upgrade, or suggested workaround information. See References.
For Red Hat Linux (squirrelmail):
Refer to RHSA-2007:0358 for patch, upgrade, or suggested workaround information. See References.
For Mandriva Linux:
Refer to MDKSA-2007:106 for patch, upgrade, or suggested workaround information. See References.
For Mac OS:
Apply Apple Security Update 2007-007, available from the Apple Web site. See References.
For other distributions:
Contact your vendor for upgrade or patch information.
References:
- Apple Security Update 2007-007 : About Security Update 2007-007.
- Apple Web site: Apple security updates.
- BugTraq Mailing List, Thu May 10 2007 - 07:02:20 CDT : squirrelmail CSRF vulnerability.
- SourceForge.net: SquirrelMail.
- SquirrelMail Security Advisory 2007-05-09: Cross site scripting in HTML filter.
- ASA-2007-262: squirrelmail security update (RHSA-2007-0358)
- BID-23910: SquirrelMail Multiple Cross Site Scripting Vulnerabilities
- BID-25159: Apple Mac OS X 2007-007 Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
- CVE-2007-2589: Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in compose.php in SquirrelMail 1.4.0 through 1.4.9a allows remote attackers to send e-mails from arbitrary users via certain data in the SRC attribute of an IMG element.
- CVE-2007-2631: Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in SquirrelMail 1.4.8-4.fc6 and earlier allows remote attackers to perform unspecified actions as arbitrary users via unspecified vectors. NOTE: this issue might overlap CVE-2007-2589 or CVE-2002-1648.
- MDKSA-2007:106: Updated squirrelmailpackages fix vulnerabilities
- RHSA-2007-0358: Moderate: squirrelmail security update
- SA25200: SquirrelMail Cross-Site Scripting and Request Forgery Vulnerabilities
- SA26235: Mac OS X Security Update Fixes Multiple Vulnerabilities
- SECTRACK ID: 1018033: SquirrelMail Input Validation Holes in HTML Filter Permit Cross-Site Scripting Attacks
- SUSE-SR:2007:013: SUSE Security Summary Report
- VUPEN/ADV-2007-1748: SquirrelMail Multiple Cross Site Scripting and Cross Site Request Forgery Vulnerabilities
- VUPEN/ADV-2007-2732: Apple Mac OS X Multiple Code Execution and Denial of Service Vulnerabilities
Platforms Affected:
- Apple Mac OS X Server 10.3.9
- Apple Mac OS X Server 10.4.10
- Debian Debian Linux 3.1
- Debian Debian Linux 4.0
- MandrakeSoft Mandrake Linux Corporate Server 3.0 X86_64
- MandrakeSoft Mandrake Linux Corporate Server 3.0
- MandrakeSoft Mandrake Linux Corporate Server 4.0 X86_64
- MandrakeSoft Mandrake Linux Corporate Server 4.0
- RedHat Enterprise Linux 3 AS
- RedHat Enterprise Linux 3 Desktop
- RedHat Enterprise Linux 3 ES
- RedHat Enterprise Linux 3 WS
- RedHat Enterprise Linux 4 ES
- RedHat Enterprise Linux 4 AS
- RedHat Enterprise Linux 4 WS
- RedHat Enterprise Linux 4 Desktop
- RedHat Enterprise Linux 5
- RedHat Enterprise Linux 5 Client Workstation
- RedHat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5.0
- SquirrelMail SquirrelMail 1.4.0 - 1.4.9a
Reported:
May 09, 2007
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