GLSA 200405-16: Multiple XSS Vulnerabilities in SquirrelMail

A SquirrelMail update is available for Gentoo Linux

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200405-16
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http://security.gentoo.org/
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Severity: Normal
Title: Multiple XSS Vulnerabilities in SquirrelMail
Date: May 21, 2004
Bugs: #49675
ID: 200405-16

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Synopsis
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SquirrelMail is subject to several XSS and one SQL injection
vulnerability.

Background
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SquirrelMail is a webmail package written in PHP. It supports IMAP and SMTP, and can optionally be installed with SQL support.

Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 net-mail/squirrelmail <= 1.4.2 >= 1.4.3_rc1

Description
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Several unspecified cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities and a well hidden SQL injection vulnerability were found. An XSS attack allows an attacker to insert malicious code into a web-based application. SquirrelMail does not check for code when parsing variables received via the URL query string.

Impact
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One of the XSS vulnerabilities could be exploited by an attacker to steal cookie-based authentication credentials from the user's browser. The SQL injection issue could potentially be used by an attacker to run arbitrary SQL commands inside the SquirrelMail database with privileges of the SquirrelMail database user.

Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time. All users are advised to upgrade to version 1.4.3_rc1 or higher of SquirrelMail.

Resolution
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All SquirrelMail users should upgrade to the latest stable version:

# emerge sync

# emerge -pv ">=net-mail/squirrelmail-1.4.3_rc1"
# emerge ">=net-mail/squirrelmail-1.4.3_rc1"

References
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[ 1 ] SquirrelMail 1.4.3_rc1 release annoucement
http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_id=4199060forum_id=1988
[ 2 ] Bugtraq security annoucement
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10246/
[ 3 ] CERT description of XSS
http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2000-02.html

Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website:

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200405-16.xml

Concerns?
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at http://bugs.gentoo.org.

License
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Copyright 2004 Gentoo Technologies, Inc; referenced text belongs to its owner(s).

The contents of this document are licensed under the Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.

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