CVE-2012-2124

squirrelmail: not fixed in RHSA-2012:0103

Published Jan 18, 2013 CVSS 2.0 · 5.0 Medium EPSS 2.5% KEV · Not listed
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.

Remediation

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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2012-2126 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.
History
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.00688}

epss

{'score': 0.00769}

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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
redhat
Published
Updated
Aug 6, 2024, 7:26 PM
Reserved
Apr 4, 2012, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Jan 18, 2013, 11:48 AM
Modified
Jun 16, 2026, 11:41 PM
Severity
Low
Public date
Apr 20, 2012, 12:00 AM