New SquirellMail packages are available for Gentoo Linux

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200501-39
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http://security.gentoo.org/
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Severity: High
Title: SquirrelMail: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: January 28, 2005
Bugs: #78116
ID: 200501-39

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Synopsis
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SquirrelMail fails to properly sanitize user input, which could lead to arbitrary code execution and compromise webmail accounts.



Background
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SquirrelMail is a webmail package written in PHP. It supports IMAP and SMTP and can optionally be installed with SQL support.

Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 mail-client/squirrelmail = 1.4.4

Description
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SquirrelMail fails to properly sanitize certain strings when decoding specially-crafted strings, which can lead to PHP file inclusion and XSS.

* Insufficient checking of incoming URLs in prefs.php (CAN-2005-0075) and in webmail.php (CAN-2005-0103).

* Insufficient escaping of integers in webmail.php (CAN-2005-0104).

Impact
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By sending a specially-crafted URL, an attacker can execute arbitrary code from the local system with the permissions of the web server. Furthermore by enticing a user to load a specially-crafted URL, it is possible to display arbitrary remote web pages in Squirrelmail's frameset and execute arbitrary scripts running in the context of the victim's browser. This could lead to a compromise of the user's webmail account, cookie theft, etc.

Workaround
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The arbitrary code execution is only possible with "register_globals" set to "On". Gentoo ships PHP with "register_globals" set to "Off" by default. There are no known workarounds for the other issues at this time.

Resolution
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All SquirrelMail users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=mail-client/squirrelmail-1.4.4"

Note: Users with the vhosts USE flag set should manually use webapp-config to finalize the update.

References
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[ 1 ] SquirrelMail Advisory
http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_id=10628451
[ 2 ] CAN-2005-0075
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-0075
[ 3 ] CAN-2005-0103
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-0103
[ 4 ] CAN-2005-0104
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-0104

Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website:

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200501-39.xml

Concerns?
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at http://bugs.gentoo.org.

License
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Copyright 2005 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text belongs to its owner(s).

The contents of this document are licensed under the Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0