Squirrelmail cookie session hijacking
| squirrelmail-cookie-session-hijacking (45700) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
Squirrelmail could allow a remote attacker to hijack a valid user's session, caused by the improper handling of insecure cookies. By persuading a victim to visit a Web site that fails to set session cookies with a secure flag, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to hijack the victim's HTTP session and possibly launch further attacks on the vulnerable system.
*CVSS:
| Base Score: | 4.3 |
| Access Vector: | Network |
| Access Complexity: | Medium |
| Authentication: | None |
| Confidentiality Impact: | None |
| Integrity Impact: | Partial |
| Availability Impact: | None |
| Temporal Score: | 3.2 |
| Exploitability: | Unproven |
| Remediation Level: | Official-Fix |
| Report Confidence: | Confirmed |
Consequences:
Gain Access
Remedy:
Upgrade to the latest version of SquirrelMail (1.4.16 or later), available from the SquirrelMail Web site. See References.
For other distributions:
Apply the appropriate update for your system. See References.
References:
- Apple Web site: About the security content of Security Update 2009-001 .
- Hanno Boeck Advisories, 2008-09-23: Squirrelmail: Session hijacking vulnerability, CVE-2008-3663.
- SquirrelMail Web site: Download Distribution.
- ASA-2009-009: squirrelmail security update (RHSA-2009-0010)
- BID-31321: SquirrelMail Insecure Cookie Disclosure Weakness
- CVE-2008-3663: Squirrelmail 1.4.15 does not set the secure flag for the session cookie in an https session, which can cause the cookie to be sent in http requests and make it easier for remote attackers to capture this cookie.
- MDVSA-2009:053: squirrelmail
- RHSA-2009-0010: Moderate: squirrelmail security update
- SA33937: Apple Mac OS X Security Update Fixes Multiple Vulnerabilities
- SUSE-SR:2008:028: SUSE Security Summary Report
- SUSE-SR:2009:004: SUSE Security Summary Report
Platforms Affected:
- Apple Mac OS X Server 10.4.11
- Apple Mac OS X Server 10.5.6
- MandrakeSoft Mandrake Linux Corporate Server 4.0
- MandrakeSoft Mandrake Linux Corporate Server 4.0 X86_64
- RedHat Enterprise Linux 3 AS
- RedHat Enterprise Linux 3 WS
- RedHat Enterprise Linux 3 ES
- RedHat Enterprise Linux 3 Desktop
- RedHat Enterprise Linux 4 AS
- RedHat Enterprise Linux 4 ES
- RedHat Enterprise Linux 4 Desktop
- RedHat Enterprise Linux 4 WS
- RedHat Enterprise Linux 4.7.z AS
- RedHat Enterprise Linux 5 Client Workstation
- RedHat Enterprise Linux 5
- RedHat Enterprise Linux 5.2.z EUS
- RedHat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.7.z ES
- SquirrelMail SquirrelMail 1.4.15
Reported:
Sep 23, 2008
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