Vulnerabilities > CVE-2008-2379 - Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability in Squirrelmail

047910
CVSS 4.3 - MEDIUM
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
MEDIUM
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
NONE
Integrity impact
PARTIAL
Availability impact
NONE
network
squirrelmail
CWE-79
nessus
NVD
Published: 2008-12-05
Updated: 2017-09-29

Summary

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in SquirrelMail before 1.4.17 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted hyperlink in an HTML part of an e-mail message.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
Application
Squirrelmail
82

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

  • Cross Site Scripting through Log Files
    An attacker may leverage a system weakness where logs are susceptible to log injection to insert scripts into the system's logs. If these logs are later viewed by an administrator through a thin administrative interface and the log data is not properly HTML encoded before being written to the page, the attackers' scripts stored in the log will be executed in the administrative interface with potentially serious consequences. This attack pattern is really a combination of two other attack patterns: log injection and stored cross site scripting.
  • Embedding Scripts in Non-Script Elements
    This attack is a form of Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) where malicious scripts are embedded in elements that are not expected to host scripts such as image tags (<img>), comments in XML documents (< !-CDATA->), etc. These tags may not be subject to the same input validation, output validation, and other content filtering and checking routines, so this can create an opportunity for an attacker to tunnel through the application's elements and launch a XSS attack through other elements. As with all remote attacks, it is important to differentiate the ability to launch an attack (such as probing an internal network for unpatched servers) and the ability of the remote attacker to collect and interpret the output of said attack.
  • Embedding Scripts within Scripts
    An attack of this type exploits a programs' vulnerabilities that are brought on by allowing remote hosts to execute scripts. The attacker leverages this capability to execute scripts to execute his/her own script by embedding it within other scripts that the target software is likely to execute. The attacker must have the ability to inject script into script that is likely to be executed. If this is done, then the attacker can potentially launch a variety of probes and attacks against the web server's local environment, in many cases the so-called DMZ, back end resources the web server can communicate with, and other hosts. With the proliferation of intermediaries, such as Web App Firewalls, network devices, and even printers having JVMs and Web servers, there are many locales where an attacker can inject malicious scripts. Since this attack pattern defines scripts within scripts, there are likely privileges to execute said attack on the host. Of course, these attacks are not solely limited to the server side, client side scripts like Ajax and client side JavaScript can contain malicious scripts as well. In general all that is required is for there to be sufficient privileges to execute a script, but not protected against writing.
  • Cross-Site Scripting in Error Pages
    An attacker distributes a link (or possibly some other query structure) with a request to a third party web server that is malformed and also contains a block of exploit code in order to have the exploit become live code in the resulting error page. When the third party web server receives the crafted request and notes the error it then creates an error message that echoes the malformed message, including the exploit. Doing this converts the exploit portion of the message into to valid language elements that are executed by the viewing browser. When a victim executes the query provided by the attacker the infected error message error message is returned including the exploit code which then runs in the victim's browser. XSS can result in execution of code as well as data leakage (e.g. session cookies can be sent to the attacker). This type of attack is especially dangerous since the exploit appears to come from the third party web server, who the victim may trust and hence be more vulnerable to deception.
  • Cross-Site Scripting Using Alternate Syntax
    The attacker uses alternate forms of keywords or commands that result in the same action as the primary form but which may not be caught by filters. For example, many keywords are processed in a case insensitive manner. If the site's web filtering algorithm does not convert all tags into a consistent case before the comparison with forbidden keywords it is possible to bypass filters (e.g., incomplete black lists) by using an alternate case structure. For example, the "script" tag using the alternate forms of "Script" or "ScRiPt" may bypass filters where "script" is the only form tested. Other variants using different syntax representations are also possible as well as using pollution meta-characters or entities that are eventually ignored by the rendering engine. The attack can result in the execution of otherwise prohibited functionality.

Nessus

  • NASL familyCentOS Local Security Checks
    NASL idCENTOS_RHSA-2009-0010.NASL
    descriptionAn updated squirrelmail package that resolves various security issues is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, 4 and 5. This update has been rated as having moderate security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team. SquirrelMail is an easy-to-configure, standards-based, webmail package written in PHP. It includes built-in PHP support for the IMAP and SMTP protocols, and pure HTML 4.0 page-rendering (with no JavaScript required) for maximum browser-compatibility, strong MIME support, address books, and folder manipulation. Ivan Markovic discovered a cross-site scripting (XSS) flaw in SquirrelMail caused by insufficient HTML mail sanitization. A remote attacker could send a specially crafted HTML mail or attachment that could cause a user
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id35353
    published2009-01-13
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2009-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/35353
    titleCentOS 3 / 4 / 5 : squirrelmail (CESA-2009:0010)
    code
    #%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were  
# extracted from Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2009:0010 and 
# CentOS Errata and Security Advisory 2009:0010 respectively.
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(35353);
  script_version("1.18");
  script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/10/25 13:36:04");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2008-2379", "CVE-2008-3663");
  script_bugtraq_id(31321);
  script_xref(name:"RHSA", value:"2009:0010");

  script_name(english:"CentOS 3 / 4 / 5 : squirrelmail (CESA-2009:0010)");
  script_summary(english:"Checks rpm output for the updated package");

  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"synopsis", 
    value:"The remote CentOS host is missing a security update."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"description", 
    value:
"An updated squirrelmail package that resolves various security issues
is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, 4 and 5.

This update has been rated as having moderate security impact by the
Red Hat Security Response Team.

SquirrelMail is an easy-to-configure, standards-based, webmail package
written in PHP. It includes built-in PHP support for the IMAP and SMTP
protocols, and pure HTML 4.0 page-rendering (with no JavaScript
required) for maximum browser-compatibility, strong MIME support,
address books, and folder manipulation.

Ivan Markovic discovered a cross-site scripting (XSS) flaw in
SquirrelMail caused by insufficient HTML mail sanitization. A remote
attacker could send a specially crafted HTML mail or attachment that
could cause a user's Web browser to execute a malicious script in the
context of the SquirrelMail session when that email or attachment was
opened by the user. (CVE-2008-2379)

It was discovered that SquirrelMail allowed cookies over insecure
connections (ie did not restrict cookies to HTTPS connections). An
attacker who controlled the communication channel between a user and
the SquirrelMail server, or who was able to sniff the user's network
communication, could use this flaw to obtain the user's session
cookie, if a user made an HTTP request to the server. (CVE-2008-3663)

Note: After applying this update, all session cookies set for
SquirrelMail sessions started over HTTPS connections will have the
'secure' flag set. That is, browsers will only send such cookies over
an HTTPS connection. If needed, you can revert to the previous
behavior by setting the configuration option '$only_secure_cookies' to
'false' in SquirrelMail's /etc/squirrelmail/config.php configuration
file.

Users of squirrelmail should upgrade to this updated package, which
contains backported patches to correct these issues."
  );
  # https://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2009-February/015597.html
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?99f369e7"
  );
  # https://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2009-February/015599.html
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?cba97249"
  );
  # https://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2009-January/015540.html
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?022d4f81"
  );
  # https://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2009-January/015541.html
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?516756cb"
  );
  # https://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2009-January/015546.html
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?445886da"
  );
  # https://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2009-January/015547.html
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?0e77f9f9"
  );
  # https://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2009-January/015554.html
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?44314620"
  );
  # https://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2009-January/015555.html
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?1a862959"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"solution", 
    value:"Update the affected squirrelmail package."
  );
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:ND");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");
  script_cwe_id(79, 310);

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:squirrelmail");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:centos:centos:3");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:centos:centos:4");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:centos:centos:5");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2008/09/24");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2009/02/04");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2009/01/13");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2009-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
  script_family(english:"CentOS Local Security Checks");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/CentOS/release", "Host/CentOS/rpm-list");

  exit(0);
}


include("audit.inc");
include("global_settings.inc");
include("rpm.inc");


if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
release = get_kb_item("Host/CentOS/release");
if (isnull(release) || "CentOS" >!< release) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "CentOS");
os_ver = pregmatch(pattern: "CentOS(?: Linux)? release ([0-9]+)", string:release);
if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, "CentOS");
os_ver = os_ver[1];
if (! preg(pattern:"^(3|4|5)([^0-9]|$)", string:os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "CentOS 3.x / 4.x / 5.x", "CentOS " + os_ver);

if (!get_kb_item("Host/CentOS/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);


cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu");
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if ("x86_64" >!< cpu && "ia64" >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$") audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "CentOS", cpu);


flag = 0;
if (rpm_check(release:"CentOS-3", cpu:"i386", reference:"squirrelmail-1.4.8-8.el3.centos.1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"CentOS-3", cpu:"ia64", reference:"squirrelmail-1.4.8-9.el3")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"CentOS-3", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"squirrelmail-1.4.8-8.el3.centos.1")) flag++;

if (rpm_check(release:"CentOS-4", cpu:"i386", reference:"squirrelmail-1.4.8-5.el4.centos.2")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"CentOS-4", cpu:"ia64", reference:"squirrelmail-1.4.8-5.c4.3")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"CentOS-4", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"squirrelmail-1.4.8-5.el4.centos.2")) flag++;

if (rpm_check(release:"CentOS-5", reference:"squirrelmail-1.4.8-5.el5.centos.2")) flag++;


if (flag)
{
  security_report_v4(
    port       : 0,
    severity   : SECURITY_WARNING,
    extra      : rpm_report_get()
  );
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  tested = pkg_tests_get();
  if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
  else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "squirrelmail");
}
  • NASL familyFedora Local Security Checks
    NASL idFEDORA_2008-10740.NASL
    descriptionupdate to 1.4.17 fixes XSS issue caused by an insufficient html mail sanitation Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id35044
    published2008-12-08
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2008-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/35044
    titleFedora 9 : squirrelmail-1.4.17-1.fc9 (2008-10740)
    code
    #%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were  
# extracted from Fedora Security Advisory 2008-10740.
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(35044);
  script_version ("1.15");
  script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/08/02 13:32:26");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2008-2379");
  script_bugtraq_id(31321);
  script_xref(name:"FEDORA", value:"2008-10740");

  script_name(english:"Fedora 9 : squirrelmail-1.4.17-1.fc9 (2008-10740)");
  script_summary(english:"Checks rpm output for the updated package.");

  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"synopsis", 
    value:"The remote Fedora host is missing a security update."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"description", 
    value:
"update to 1.4.17 fixes XSS issue caused by an insufficient html mail
sanitation

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding
description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable
has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible
without introducing additional issues."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=473877"
  );
  # https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2008-December/017133.html
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?40b12fc5"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"solution", 
    value:"Update the affected squirrelmail package."
  );
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:ND");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");
  script_cwe_id(79);

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:squirrelmail");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:9");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2008/12/07");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2008/12/08");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2008-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
  script_family(english:"Fedora Local Security Checks");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/RedHat/release", "Host/RedHat/rpm-list");

  exit(0);
}


include("audit.inc");
include("global_settings.inc");
include("rpm.inc");

if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
release = get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/release");
if (isnull(release) || "Fedora" >!< release) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Fedora");
os_ver = eregmatch(pattern: "Fedora.*release ([0-9]+)", string:release);
if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, "Fedora");
os_ver = os_ver[1];
if (! ereg(pattern:"^9([^0-9]|$)", string:os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Fedora 9.x", "Fedora " + os_ver);

if (!get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);

cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu");
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if ("x86_64" >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$") audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "Fedora", cpu);

flag = 0;
if (rpm_check(release:"FC9", reference:"squirrelmail-1.4.17-1.fc9")) flag++;


if (flag)
{
  if (report_verbosity > 0) security_warning(port:0, extra:rpm_report_get());
  else security_warning(0);
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  tested = pkg_tests_get();
  if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
  else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "squirrelmail");
}
  • NASL familyRed Hat Local Security Checks
    NASL idREDHAT-RHSA-2009-0010.NASL
    descriptionAn updated squirrelmail package that resolves various security issues is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, 4 and 5. This update has been rated as having moderate security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team. SquirrelMail is an easy-to-configure, standards-based, webmail package written in PHP. It includes built-in PHP support for the IMAP and SMTP protocols, and pure HTML 4.0 page-rendering (with no JavaScript required) for maximum browser-compatibility, strong MIME support, address books, and folder manipulation. Ivan Markovic discovered a cross-site scripting (XSS) flaw in SquirrelMail caused by insufficient HTML mail sanitization. A remote attacker could send a specially crafted HTML mail or attachment that could cause a user
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id35357
    published2009-01-13
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2009-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/35357
    titleRHEL 3 / 4 / 5 : squirrelmail (RHSA-2009:0010)
    code
    #%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were  
# extracted from Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2009:0010. The text 
# itself is copyright (C) Red Hat, Inc.
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(35357);
  script_version ("1.26");
  script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/10/25 13:36:13");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2008-2379", "CVE-2008-3663");
  script_bugtraq_id(31321);
  script_xref(name:"RHSA", value:"2009:0010");

  script_name(english:"RHEL 3 / 4 / 5 : squirrelmail (RHSA-2009:0010)");
  script_summary(english:"Checks the rpm output for the updated package");

  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"synopsis", 
    value:"The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"description", 
    value:
"An updated squirrelmail package that resolves various security issues
is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, 4 and 5.

This update has been rated as having moderate security impact by the
Red Hat Security Response Team.

SquirrelMail is an easy-to-configure, standards-based, webmail package
written in PHP. It includes built-in PHP support for the IMAP and SMTP
protocols, and pure HTML 4.0 page-rendering (with no JavaScript
required) for maximum browser-compatibility, strong MIME support,
address books, and folder manipulation.

Ivan Markovic discovered a cross-site scripting (XSS) flaw in
SquirrelMail caused by insufficient HTML mail sanitization. A remote
attacker could send a specially crafted HTML mail or attachment that
could cause a user's Web browser to execute a malicious script in the
context of the SquirrelMail session when that email or attachment was
opened by the user. (CVE-2008-2379)

It was discovered that SquirrelMail allowed cookies over insecure
connections (ie did not restrict cookies to HTTPS connections). An
attacker who controlled the communication channel between a user and
the SquirrelMail server, or who was able to sniff the user's network
communication, could use this flaw to obtain the user's session
cookie, if a user made an HTTP request to the server. (CVE-2008-3663)

Note: After applying this update, all session cookies set for
SquirrelMail sessions started over HTTPS connections will have the
'secure' flag set. That is, browsers will only send such cookies over
an HTTPS connection. If needed, you can revert to the previous
behavior by setting the configuration option '$only_secure_cookies' to
'false' in SquirrelMail's /etc/squirrelmail/config.php configuration
file.

Users of squirrelmail should upgrade to this updated package, which
contains backported patches to correct these issues."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2008-2379"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2008-3663"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"http://www.squirrelmail.org/security/issue/2008-09-28"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"http://www.squirrelmail.org/security/issue/2008-12-04"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009:0010"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"solution", 
    value:"Update the affected squirrelmail package."
  );
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:ND");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");
  script_cwe_id(79, 310);

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:squirrelmail");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:3");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4.7");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5.2");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2008/09/24");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2009/01/12");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2009/01/13");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2009-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
  script_family(english:"Red Hat Local Security Checks");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/RedHat/release", "Host/RedHat/rpm-list", "Host/cpu");

  exit(0);
}


include("audit.inc");
include("global_settings.inc");
include("misc_func.inc");
include("rpm.inc");

if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
release = get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/release");
if (isnull(release) || "Red Hat" >!< release) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Red Hat");
os_ver = pregmatch(pattern: "Red Hat Enterprise Linux.*release ([0-9]+(\.[0-9]+)?)", string:release);
if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, "Red Hat");
os_ver = os_ver[1];
if (! preg(pattern:"^(3|4|5)([^0-9]|$)", string:os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Red Hat 3.x / 4.x / 5.x", "Red Hat " + os_ver);

if (!get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);

cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu");
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if ("x86_64" >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$" && "s390" >!< cpu) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "Red Hat", cpu);

yum_updateinfo = get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/yum-updateinfo");
if (!empty_or_null(yum_updateinfo)) 
{
  rhsa = "RHSA-2009:0010";
  yum_report = redhat_generate_yum_updateinfo_report(rhsa:rhsa);
  if (!empty_or_null(yum_report))
  {
    security_report_v4(
      port       : 0,
      severity   : SECURITY_WARNING,
      extra      : yum_report 
    );
    exit(0);
  }
  else
  {
    audit_message = "affected by Red Hat security advisory " + rhsa;
    audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, audit_message);
  }
}
else
{
  flag = 0;
  if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL3", reference:"squirrelmail-1.4.8-8.el3")) flag++;


  if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL4", reference:"squirrelmail-1.4.8-5.el4_7.2")) flag++;


  if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL5", reference:"squirrelmail-1.4.8-5.el5_2.2")) flag++;


  if (flag)
  {
    security_report_v4(
      port       : 0,
      severity   : SECURITY_WARNING,
      extra      : rpm_report_get() + redhat_report_package_caveat()
    );
    exit(0);
  }
  else
  {
    tested = pkg_tests_get();
    if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
    else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "squirrelmail");
  }
}
  • NASL familyFedora Local Security Checks
    NASL idFEDORA_2009-5471.NASL
    description - Fri May 22 2009 Michal Hlavinka <mhlavink at redhat.com> - 1.4.19-1 - updated to 1.4.19 - fixes CVE-2009-1579, CVE-2009-1580, CVE-2009-1581 - Tue May 19 2009 Michal Hlavinka <mhlavink at redhat.com> - 1.4.18-2 - fix undefined variable aSpamIds (#501260) - Tue May 12 2009 Michal Hlavinka <mhlavink at redhat.com> - 1.4.18-1 - update to 1.4.18 (fixes CVE-2009-1581) - Thu Dec 4 2008 Michal Hlavinka <mhlavink at redhat.com> - 1.4.17-1 - update to 1.4.17 (fixes CVE-2008-2379) - Wed Oct 1 2008 Michal Hlavinka <mhlavink at redhat.com> - 1.4.16-1 - update to 1.4.16 - resolves: #464185: CVE-2008-3663 Squirrelmail session hijacking Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id38908
    published2009-05-26
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2009-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/38908
    titleFedora 9 : squirrelmail-1.4.19-1.fc9 (2009-5471)
  • NASL familyOracle Linux Local Security Checks
    NASL idORACLELINUX_ELSA-2009-0010.NASL
    descriptionFrom Red Hat Security Advisory 2009:0010 : An updated squirrelmail package that resolves various security issues is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, 4 and 5. This update has been rated as having moderate security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team. SquirrelMail is an easy-to-configure, standards-based, webmail package written in PHP. It includes built-in PHP support for the IMAP and SMTP protocols, and pure HTML 4.0 page-rendering (with no JavaScript required) for maximum browser-compatibility, strong MIME support, address books, and folder manipulation. Ivan Markovic discovered a cross-site scripting (XSS) flaw in SquirrelMail caused by insufficient HTML mail sanitization. A remote attacker could send a specially crafted HTML mail or attachment that could cause a user
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id67786
    published2013-07-12
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2013-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/67786
    titleOracle Linux 3 / 4 / 5 : squirrelmail (ELSA-2009-0010)
  • NASL familyMacOS X Local Security Checks
    NASL idMACOSX_SECUPD2009-001.NASL
    descriptionThe remote host is running a version of Mac OS X 10.5 or 10.4 that does not have Security Update 2009-001 applied. This security update contains fixes for the following products : - AFP Server - Apple Pixlet Video - CarbonCore - CFNetwork - Certificate Assistant - ClamAV - CoreText - CUPS - DS Tools - fetchmail - Folder Manager - FSEvents - Network Time - perl - Printing - python - Remote Apple Events - Safari RSS - servermgrd - SMB - SquirrelMail - X11 - XTerm
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id35684
    published2009-02-13
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2009-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/35684
    titleMac OS X Multiple Vulnerabilities (Security Update 2009-001)
  • NASL familyDebian Local Security Checks
    NASL idDEBIAN_DSA-1682.NASL
    descriptionIvan Markovic discovered that SquirrelMail, a webmail application, did not sufficiently sanitise incoming HTML email, allowing an attacker to perform cross site scripting through sending a malicious HTML email.
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id35083
    published2008-12-11
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2008-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/35083
    titleDebian DSA-1682-1 : squirrelmail - insufficient input sanitising
  • NASL familyFreeBSD Local Security Checks
    NASL idFREEBSD_PKG_D1CE8A4FC23511DD8CBC00163E000016.NASL
    descriptionSquirrelmail team reports : An issue was fixed that allowed an attacker to send specially- crafted hyperlinks in a message that could execute cross-site scripting (XSS) when the user viewed the message in SquirrelMail.
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id35037
    published2008-12-05
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2008-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/35037
    titleFreeBSD : squirrelmail -- XSS vulnerability (d1ce8a4f-c235-11dd-8cbc-00163e000016)
  • NASL familyFedora Local Security Checks
    NASL idFEDORA_2009-5350.NASL
    description - Fri May 22 2009 Michal Hlavinka <mhlavink at redhat.com> - 1.4.19-1 - updated to 1.4.19 - fixes CVE-2009-1579, CVE-2009-1580, CVE-2009-1581 - Tue May 19 2009 Michal Hlavinka <mhlavink at redhat.com> - 1.4.18-2 - fix undefined variable aSpamIds (#501260) - Tue May 12 2009 Michal Hlavinka <mhlavink at redhat.com> - 1.4.18-1 - updated to 1.4.18 - Wed Mar 18 2009 Michal Hlavinka <mhlavink at redhat.com> - 1.4.17-4 - don
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id38905
    published2009-05-26
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2009-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/38905
    titleFedora 10 : squirrelmail-1.4.19-1.fc10 (2009-5350)
  • NASL familyFedora Local Security Checks
    NASL idFEDORA_2008-10918.NASL
    descriptionupdate to 1.4.17 fixes XSS issue caused by an insufficient html mail sanitation Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id35048
    published2008-12-08
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2008-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/35048
    titleFedora 8 : squirrelmail-1.4.17-1.fc8 (2008-10918)
  • NASL familyFedora Local Security Checks
    NASL idFEDORA_2009-4870.NASL
    description - Tue May 12 2009 Michal Hlavinka <mhlavink at redhat.com> - 1.4.18-1 - update to 1.4.18 (fixes CVE-2009-1581) - Thu Dec 4 2008 Michal Hlavinka <mhlavink at redhat.com> - 1.4.17-1 - update to 1.4.17 (fixes CVE-2008-2379) - Wed Oct 1 2008 Michal Hlavinka <mhlavink at redhat.com> - 1.4.16-1 - update to 1.4.16 - resolves: #464185: CVE-2008-3663 Squirrelmail session hijacking Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id38748
    published2009-05-13
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2009-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/38748
    titleFedora 9 : squirrelmail-1.4.18-1.fc9 (2009-4870)
  • NASL familySuSE Local Security Checks
    NASL idSUSE_SQUIRRELMAIL-5835.NASL
    descriptionInsufficient input checks could allow remote attackers to conduct a cross site scripting (XSS) attack (CVE-2008-2379).
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id35040
    published2008-12-05
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2008-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/35040
    titleopenSUSE 10 Security Update : squirrelmail (squirrelmail-5835)
  • NASL familyFedora Local Security Checks
    NASL idFEDORA_2008-10748.NASL
    descriptionupdate to 1.4.7 fixes: malformed HTML mail message script insertion Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id37734
    published2009-04-23
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2009-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/37734
    titleFedora 10 : squirrelmail-1.4.17-2.fc10 (2008-10748)
  • NASL familySuSE Local Security Checks
    NASL idSUSE_SQUIRRELMAIL-5860.NASL
    descriptionThis update brings squirrelmail to version 1.4.10a, fixing a previous regression in cookie handling (novell bug 446400) and a XSS problem (CVE-2008-2379).
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id35184
    published2008-12-16
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2008-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/35184
    titleopenSUSE 10 Security Update : squirrelmail (squirrelmail-5860)
  • NASL familyScientific Linux Local Security Checks
    NASL idSL_20090112_SQUIRRELMAIL_ON_SL3_X.NASL
    descriptionIvan Markovic discovered a cross-site scripting (XSS) flaw in SquirrelMail caused by insufficient HTML mail sanitization. A remote attacker could send a specially crafted HTML mail or attachment that could cause a user
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id60519
    published2012-08-01
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2012-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/60519
    titleScientific Linux Security Update : squirrelmail on SL3.x, SL4.x, SL5.x i386/x86_64

Oval

accepted2013-04-29T04:21:58.061-04:00
classvulnerability
contributors
  • nameAharon Chernin
    organizationSCAP.com, LLC
  • nameDragos Prisaca
    organizationG2, Inc.
definition_extensions
  • commentThe operating system installed on the system is Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3
    ovaloval:org.mitre.oval:def:11782
  • commentCentOS Linux 3.x
    ovaloval:org.mitre.oval:def:16651
  • commentThe operating system installed on the system is Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
    ovaloval:org.mitre.oval:def:11831
  • commentCentOS Linux 4.x
    ovaloval:org.mitre.oval:def:16636
  • commentOracle Linux 4.x
    ovaloval:org.mitre.oval:def:15990
  • commentThe operating system installed on the system is Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
    ovaloval:org.mitre.oval:def:11414
  • commentThe operating system installed on the system is CentOS Linux 5.x
    ovaloval:org.mitre.oval:def:15802
  • commentOracle Linux 5.x
    ovaloval:org.mitre.oval:def:15459
descriptionCross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in SquirrelMail before 1.4.17 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted hyperlink in an HTML part of an e-mail message.
familyunix
idoval:org.mitre.oval:def:9764
statusaccepted
submitted2010-07-09T03:56:16-04:00
titleCross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in SquirrelMail before 1.4.17 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted hyperlink in an HTML part of an e-mail message.
version27

Redhat

rpms
  • squirrelmail-0:1.4.8-5.el4_7.2
  • squirrelmail-0:1.4.8-5.el5_2.2
  • squirrelmail-0:1.4.8-8.el3

Seebug

bulletinFamilyexploit
descriptionBUGTRAQ ID: 32603 CVE(CAN) ID: CVE-2008-2379 SquirrelMail是一个多功能的用PHP4实现的Webmail程序，可运行于Linux/Unix类操作系统下。 SquirrelMail没有正确地过滤邮件消息的中的HTML部分输入便显示给了用户。如果打开了恶意的邮件消息的话，就可能导致在用户浏览器会话中执行任意代码。成功攻击要求Options -&gt; Display Preferences中启用了Show HTML Version by Default选项。 SquirrelMail 1.4.16 SquirrelMail ------------ 目前厂商还没有提供补丁或者升级程序，我们建议使用此软件的用户随时关注厂商的主页以获取最新版本： <a href=http://www.squirrelmail.org target=_blank>http://www.squirrelmail.org</a>
idSSV:4526
last seen2017-11-19
modified2008-12-05
published2008-12-05
reporterRoot
titleSquirrelMail畸形邮件消息HTML注入漏洞

References