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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Affected Vendors & Products
Advisories
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Debian DSA |
DSA-2091-1 | New squirrelmail packages fix cross-site request forgery |
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. |
Fixes
Solution
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Workaround
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History
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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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Status : Deferred
Published: 2010-08-19T18:00:05.657
Modified: 2025-04-11T00:51:21.963
Link: CVE-2010-2813
OpenCVE Enrichment
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Debian DSA
EUVD