Conectiva alert CLA-2004:858 (squirrelmail)
| From: | Conectiva Updates <secure@conectiva.com.br> | |
| To: | conectiva-updates@papaleguas.conectiva.com.br, lwn@lwn.net, bugtraq@securityfocus.com, security-alerts@linuxsecurity.com, linsec@lists.seifried.org | |
| Subject: | [CLA-2004:858] Conectiva Security Announcement - squirrelmail | |
| Date: | Thu, 12 Aug 2004 11:12:37 -0300 |
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- CONECTIVA LINUX SECURITY ANNOUNCEMENT - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- PACKAGE : squirrelmail SUMMARY : Several vulnerabilities in SquirrelMail DATE : 2004-08-12 11:11:00 ID : CLA-2004:858 RELEVANT RELEASES : 9 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- DESCRIPTION SquirrelMail[1] is a widely used webmail client for php4. Four vulnerabilities were discovered in SquirrelMail: Alvin Alex reported[2] that SquirrelMail 1.4.2 is prone to multiple cross-site scripting[3] attacks which could allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary script as other users and possibly steal authentication information via multiple attack vectors, including the mailbox parameter in compose.php. Roman Medina discovered[4] a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability[5] in mime.php for SquirrelMail before 1.4.3 that allows remote attackers to insert arbitrary HTML and script code via the content-type mail header, as demonstrated using read_body.php. An SQL injection vulnerability[6] in SquirrelMail before 1.4.3 RC1 allows remote attackers to execute unauthorized SQL statements, with unknown impact, probably via abook_database.php. Roman Medina also found[7] other multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities[8] in SquirrelMail 1.2.10 and earlier that allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary HTML or script via (a) the $mailer variable in read_body.php, (b) the $senderNames_part variable in mailbox_display.php, and possibly other vectors including (c) the $event_title variable or (d) the $event_text variable. SOLUTION It is recommended that all SquirrelMail users upgrade their packages. REFERENCES 1.http://www.squirrelmail.org/ 2.http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/361831/2004-08-08/... 3.http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-0519 4.http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=bugtraq&m=10861155441... 5.http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-0520 6.http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-0521 7.http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=bugtraq&m=10861155441... 8.http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-0639 UPDATED PACKAGES ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/9/SRPMS/squirrelmail-... ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/9/RPMS/squirrelmail-1... ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/9/RPMS/squirrelmail-d... ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTIONS The apt tool can be used to perform RPM packages upgrades: - run: apt-get update - after that, execute: apt-get upgrade Detailed instructions regarding the use of apt and upgrade examples can be found at http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/#apt?idioma=en - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- All packages are signed with Conectiva's GPG key. The key and instructions on how to import it can be found at http://distro.conectiva.com.br/seguranca/chave/?idioma=en Instructions on how to check the signatures of the RPM packages can be found at http://distro.conectiva.com.br/seguranca/politica/?idioma=en - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- All our advisories and generic update instructions can be viewed at http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?idioma=en - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Copyright (c) 2004 Conectiva Inc. http://www.conectiva.com - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- subscribe: conectiva-updates-subscribe@papaleguas.conectiva.com.br unsubscribe: conectiva-updates-unsubscribe@papaleguas.conectiva.com.br -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQFBG3rU42jd0JmAcZARAnxTAKDVZD4G6yc0VvbczuA7L41hYpHmogCgkPwo jMYI6B5518AYNJGPTO4vxvI= =gkVq -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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