CVE - CVE-2010-2813

CVE-ID
CVE-2010-2813	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
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.
References
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CONFIRM:http://squirrelmail.org/security/issue/2010-07-23 CONFIRM:http://squirrelmail.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/squirrelmail/branches/SM-1_4-STABLE/squirrelmail/functions/imap_general.php?view=patch&r1=13972&r2=13971&pathrev=13972 CONFIRM:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=618096 CONFIRM:http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5130 APPLE:APPLE-SA-2012-02-01-1 URL:http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/Feb/msg00000.html DEBIAN:DSA-2091 URL:http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2091 FEDORA:FEDORA-2010-11410 URL:http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-August/045372.html FEDORA:FEDORA-2010-11422 URL:http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-August/045383.html REDHAT:RHSA-2012:0103 URL:http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0103.html BID:42399 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/42399 SECUNIA:40964 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/40964 SECUNIA:40971 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/40971 VUPEN:ADV-2010-2070 URL:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2070 VUPEN:ADV-2010-2080 URL:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2080 XF:squirrelmail-imap-dos(61124) URL:https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/61124
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Date Entry Created
20100722	Disclaimer: The entry creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20100722)
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