Executive Summary

Summary
Title SquirrelMail: Remote Code Execution
Informations
Name GLSA-201709-13 First vendor Publication 2017-09-17
Vendor Gentoo Last vendor Modification 2017-09-17
Severity (Vendor) N/A Revision N/A

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Cvss Base Score 9 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 10 Attack Complexity Low
Cvss Expoit Score 8 Authentication Requires single instance
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Detail

Synopsis

A vulnerability in SquirrelMail might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.

Background

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

Description

It was discovered that the sendmail.cf file is mishandled in a popen call.

Impact

A remote attacker, by enticing a user to open an e-mail attachment, could execute arbitrary shell commands.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

Gentoo has discontinued support for SquirrelMail and recommends that users unmerge the package:
# emerge --unmerge "mail-client/squirrelmail"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2017-7692 : http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-7692

Availability

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

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201709-13

Original Source

Url : http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201709-13.xml

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-20 Improper Input Validation

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 1

Snort® IPS/IDS

Date Description
2017-05-25 Squirrelmail sendmail delivery parameter injection attempt
RuleID : 42354 - Revision : 2 - Type : SERVER-WEBAPP

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2017-09-18 Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : gentoo_GLSA-201709-13.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-08-23 Name : The remote FreeBSD host is missing a security-related update.
File : freebsd_pkg_e1de77e8c45e48d788665a6f943046de.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-07-17 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2017-a7161eb173.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-06-05 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2017-0b6da97aa5.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-06-05 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2017-f85c37ae3d.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-05-16 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security update.
File : debian_DLA-941.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-05-15 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.
File : debian_DSA-3852.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

Alert History

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Date Informations
2017-09-19 13:25:09
  • Multiple Updates
2017-09-18 00:22:30
  • First insertion