CVE-2010-2813

SquirrelMail: DoS (disk space consumption) by random IMAP login attempts with 8-bit characters in the password

Published Aug 19, 2010 CVSS 2.0 · 5.0 Medium EPSS 4.0% KEV · Not listed
Description
functions/imap_general.php in SquirrelMail before 1.4.21 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 preferences files.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-2091-1 New squirrelmail packages fix cross-site request forgery
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2010-2817 functions/imap_general.php in SquirrelMail before 1.4.21 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 preferences files.
History
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.03344}

epss

{'score': 0.05549}

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Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 7, 2024, 2:46 AM
Reserved
Jul 22, 2010, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Aug 19, 2010, 6:00 PM
Modified
Jun 16, 2026, 11:21 PM
Severity
Low
Public date
Jul 23, 2010, 12:00 AM