CVE-2012-2124
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.
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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✚ Propose a mitigation on Community → Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| rhel | 4 | affected | |
| rhel | 5 | affected | |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| squirrelmail | squirrelmail | - | |
References
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0126.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51730
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/04/20/22
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=814671
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0126.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51730
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/04/20/22
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=814671
CWEs
CWE-399
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.