Executive Summary
| Informations | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Name | CVE-2012-2124 | First vendor Publication | 2013-01-18 |
| Vendor | Cve | Last vendor Modification | 2023-11-07 |
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:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Cvss Base Score | 5 | Attack Range | Network |
| Cvss Impact Score | 2.9 | Attack Complexity | Low |
| Cvss Expoit Score | 10 | Authentication | None Required |
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Detail
| functions/imap_general.php in SquirrelMail, as used in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 4 and 5, does not properly handle 8-bit characters in passwords, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (disk consumption) by making many IMAP login attempts with different usernames, leading to the creation of many preference files. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incorrect fix for CVE-2010-2813. |
Original Source
| Url : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-2124 |
CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration
| % | Id | Name |
|---|---|---|
| 100 % | CWE-399 | Resource Management Errors |
OVAL Definitions
| Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:20344 | |||
| Oval ID: | oval:org.mitre.oval:def:20344 | ||
| Title: | RHSA-2013:0126: squirrelmail security and bug fix update (Low) | ||
| Description: | functions/imap_general.php in SquirrelMail, as used in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 4 and 5, does not properly handle 8-bit characters in passwords, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (disk consumption) by making many IMAP login attempts with different usernames, leading to the creation of many preference files. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incorrect fix for CVE-2010-2813. | ||
| Family: | unix | Class: | patch |
| Reference(s): | RHSA-2013:0126-00 CESA-2013:0126 CVE-2012-2124 | Version: | 4 |
| Platform(s): | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 CentOS Linux 5 | Product(s): | squirrelmail |
| Definition Synopsis: | |||
| Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:23463 | |||
| Oval ID: | oval:org.mitre.oval:def:23463 | ||
| Title: | ELSA-2013:0126: squirrelmail security and bug fix update (Low) | ||
| Description: | functions/imap_general.php in SquirrelMail, as used in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 4 and 5, does not properly handle 8-bit characters in passwords, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (disk consumption) by making many IMAP login attempts with different usernames, leading to the creation of many preference files. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incorrect fix for CVE-2010-2813. | ||
| Family: | unix | Class: | patch |
| Reference(s): | ELSA-2013:0126-00 CVE-2012-2124 | Version: | 6 |
| Platform(s): | Oracle Linux 5 | Product(s): | squirrelmail |
| Definition Synopsis: | |||
| Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:27424 | |||
| Oval ID: | oval:org.mitre.oval:def:27424 | ||
| Title: | DEPRECATED: ELSA-2013-0126 -- squirrelmail security and bug fix update (low) | ||
| Description: | [1.4.8-21.0.2.el5] - remove Redhat splash screen images from source | ||
| Family: | unix | Class: | patch |
| Reference(s): | ELSA-2013-0126 CVE-2012-2124 | Version: | 4 |
| Platform(s): | Oracle Linux 5 | Product(s): | squirrelmail |
| Definition Synopsis: | |||
CPE : Common Platform Enumeration
| Type | Description | Count |
|---|---|---|
| Application | 1 | |
| Os | 2 |
Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 2013-07-12 | Name : The remote Oracle Linux host is missing a security update. File : oraclelinux_ELSA-2013-0126.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2013-01-17 | Name : The remote CentOS host is missing a security update. File : centos_RHSA-2013-0126.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2013-01-17 | Name : The remote Scientific Linux host is missing a security update. File : sl_20130108_squirrelmail_on_SL5_x.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2013-01-08 | Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update. File : redhat-RHSA-2013-0126.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
Sources (Detail)
Alert History
| Date | Informations |
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| 2023-11-07 21:46:28 |
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| 2023-02-13 09:28:36 |
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| 2019-05-10 12:04:39 |
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| 2016-04-26 21:46:22 |
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| 2014-02-17 11:09:55 |
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| 2013-05-10 22:38:25 |
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| 2013-01-19 00:20:20 |
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| 2013-01-18 13:19:18 |
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