Description
functions/imap_general.php in SquirrelMail before 1.4.21 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 preferences files.
Published: 2010-08-19
Score: 5.0 Medium
EPSS: 2.6% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-2091-1 New squirrelmail packages fix cross-site request forgery
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2010-2817 functions/imap_general.php in SquirrelMail before 1.4.21 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 preferences files.
History

Sat, 12 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.03344}

epss

{'score': 0.05549}


Subscriptions

Redhat Enterprise Linux
Squirrelmail Squirrelmail
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T02:46:48.556Z

Reserved: 2010-07-22T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2010-2813

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2010-08-19T18:00:05.657

Modified: 2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Link: CVE-2010-2813

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2010-07-23T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2010-2813 - Bugzilla

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