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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.14217
Category:Web application abuses
Title:SquirrelMail From Email header HTML injection vulnerability
Summary:The target is running at least one instance of SquirrelMail whose; version number is between 1.2.0 and 1.2.10 inclusive.
Description:Summary:
The target is running at least one instance of SquirrelMail whose
version number is between 1.2.0 and 1.2.10 inclusive.

Vulnerability Insight:
Such versions do not properly sanitize From headers, leaving users
vulnerable to XSS attacks. Further, since SquirrelMail displays From headers when listing a folder,
attacks does not require a user to actually open a message, only view the folder listing.

For example, a remote attacker could effectively launch a DoS against
a user by sending a message with a From header such as:

From:John Doe<>

which rewrites the session ID cookie and effectively logs the user out.

Solution:
Upgrade to SquirrelMail 1.2.11 or later or wrap the call to
sqimap_find_displayable_name in printMessageInfo in functions/mailbox_display.php with a call to htmlentities.

CVSS Score:
6.8

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2004-0639
BugTraq ID: 10450
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10450
Bugtraq: 20040530 RS-2004-1: SquirrelMail "Content-Type" XSS vulnerability (Google Search)
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108611554415078&w=2
Conectiva Linux advisory: CLA-2004:858
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000858
Debian Security Information: DSA-535 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-535
http://www.rs-labs.com/adv/RS-Labs-Advisory-2004-1.txt
XForce ISS Database: squirrelmail-from-header-xss(16285)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16285
CopyrightCopyright (C) 2004 David Maciejak

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