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.
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.
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History

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{'score': 0.03344}

epss

{'score': 0.05549}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

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

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

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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