CVE-2012-2124

NameCVE-2012-2124
Descriptionfunctions/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.
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Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
squirrelmail (PTS)jessie, jessie (lts)2:1.4.23~svn20120406-2+deb8u5fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
squirrelmailsource(unstable)(not affected)

Notes

- squirrelmail <not-affected> (Incorrect RedHat security update)

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