CVE-2009-1579
Summary
| CVE | CVE-2009-1579 |
|---|---|
| State | PUBLISHED |
| Assigner | mitre |
| Source Priority | CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback |
| Published | 2009-05-14 17:30:00 UTC |
| Updated | 2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC |
| Description | The map_yp_alias function in functions/imap_general.php in SquirrelMail before 1.4.18 and NaSMail before 1.7 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in a username string that is used by the ypmatch program. |
Risk And Classification
CVSS v2.0 Breakdown
Access Vector
NetworkAccess Complexity
MediumAuthentication
NoneConfidentiality
PartialIntegrity
PartialAvailability
PartialAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)
| Type | Vendor | Product | Version | Update | Edition | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Application | Squirrelmail | Squirrelmail | All | All | All | All |
| Application | Squirrelmail | Squirrelmail | 0.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Squirrelmail | Squirrelmail | 0.1.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Squirrelmail | Squirrelmail | 0.1.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Squirrelmail | Squirrelmail | 0.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Squirrelmail | Squirrelmail | 0.2.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Squirrelmail | Squirrelmail | 0.3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Squirrelmail | Squirrelmail | 0.3.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Squirrelmail | Squirrelmail | 0.3pre1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Squirrelmail | Squirrelmail | 0.3pre2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Squirrelmail | Squirrelmail | 0.4 | All | All | All |
| Application | Squirrelmail | Squirrelmail | 0.4pre1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Squirrelmail | Squirrelmail | 0.4pre2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Squirrelmail | Squirrelmail | 0.5 | All | All | All |
| Application | Squirrelmail | Squirrelmail | 0.5pre1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Squirrelmail | Squirrelmail | 0.5pre2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Squirrelmail | Squirrelmail | 1.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Squirrelmail | Squirrelmail | 1.0.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Squirrelmail | Squirrelmail | 1.0.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Squirrelmail | Squirrelmail | 1.0.3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Squirrelmail | Squirrelmail | 1.0.4 | All | All | All |
| Application | Squirrelmail | Squirrelmail | 1.0.5 | All | All | All |
| Application | Squirrelmail | Squirrelmail | 1.0.6 | All | All | All |
| Application | Squirrelmail | Squirrelmail | 1.0pre1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Squirrelmail | Squirrelmail | 1.0pre2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Squirrelmail | Squirrelmail | 1.0pre3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Squirrelmail | Squirrelmail | 1.1.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Squirrelmail | Squirrelmail | 1.1.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Squirrelmail | Squirrelmail | 1.1.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Squirrelmail | Squirrelmail | 1.1.3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Squirrelmail | Squirrelmail | 1.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Squirrelmail | Squirrelmail | 1.2.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Squirrelmail | Squirrelmail | 1.2.0_rc3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Squirrelmail | Squirrelmail | 1.2.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Squirrelmail | Squirrelmail | 1.2.10 | All | All | All |
| Application | Squirrelmail | Squirrelmail | 1.2.11 | All | All | All |
| Application | Squirrelmail | Squirrelmail | 1.2.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Squirrelmail | Squirrelmail | 1.2.3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Squirrelmail | Squirrelmail | 1.2.4 | All | All | All |
| Application | Squirrelmail | Squirrelmail | 1.2.5 | All | All | All |
| Application | Squirrelmail | Squirrelmail | 1.2.6 | All | All | All |
| Application | Squirrelmail | Squirrelmail | 1.2.7 | All | All | All |
| Application | Squirrelmail | Squirrelmail | 1.2.8 | All | All | All |
| Application | Squirrelmail | Squirrelmail | 1.2.9 | All | All | All |
| Application | Squirrelmail | Squirrelmail | 1.3.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Squirrelmail | Squirrelmail | 1.3.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Squirrelmail | Squirrelmail | 1.3.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Squirrelmail | Squirrelmail | 1.4 | All | All | All |
| Application | Squirrelmail | Squirrelmail | 1.4.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Squirrelmail | Squirrelmail | 1.4.0_rc1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Squirrelmail | Squirrelmail | 1.4.0_rc2a | All | All | All |
| Application | Squirrelmail | Squirrelmail | 1.4.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Squirrelmail | Squirrelmail | 1.4.10 | All | All | All |
| Application | Squirrelmail | Squirrelmail | 1.4.10a | All | All | All |
| Application | Squirrelmail | Squirrelmail | 1.4.11 | All | All | All |
| Application | Squirrelmail | Squirrelmail | 1.4.12 | All | All | All |
| Application | Squirrelmail | Squirrelmail | 1.4.15 | All | All | All |
| Application | Squirrelmail | Squirrelmail | 1.4.15_rc1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Squirrelmail | Squirrelmail | 1.4.16 | All | All | All |
| Application | Squirrelmail | Squirrelmail | All | All | All | All |
Vendor Declared Affected Products
References
| Reference | Source | Link | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| SquirrelMail - Webmail for Nuts! | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.squirrelmail.org | Patch, Vendor Advisory |
| Debian update for squirrelmail - Secunia.com | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | |
| Repository / Oval Repository | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | oval.cisecurity.org | |
| download.gna.org/nasmail/nasmail-1.7.zip | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | download.gna.org | |
| SquirrelMail Multiple Vulnerabilities - Advisories - Community | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | Vendor Advisory |
| Apple Mac OS X Security Update Fixes Multiple Vulnerabilities - Advisories - Community | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | |
| Red Hat update for squirrelmail - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | |
| Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.vupen.com | Patch, Vendor Advisory |
| SquirrelMail / Code / [r14470] | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | squirrelmail.svn.sourceforge.net | Patch |
| Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1802-2 squirrelmail | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.debian.org | |
| [SECURITY] Fedora 11 Update: squirrelmail-1.4.18-1.fc11 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.redhat.com | |
| Support | Red Hat | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.redhat.com | |
| Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.vupen.com | |
| NaSMail Cross-Site Scripting and Request Forgery Vulnerabilities - Secunia.com | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | |
| 404 Not Found | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | squirrelmail.svn.sourceforge.net | Patch |
| Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.vupen.com | |
| [SECURITY] Fedora 10 Update: squirrelmail-1.4.18-1.fc10 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.redhat.com | Patch |
| Fedora update for squirrelmail - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | Vendor Advisory |
| IBM X-Force Exchange | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com | |
| SquirrelMail Prior to 1.4.18 Multiple Vulnerabilities | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.securityfocus.com | Patch |
| 404 Not Found | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | squirrelmail.svn.sourceforge.net | Patch |
| About the security content of Security Update 2010-004 / Mac OS X v10.6.4 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | support.apple.com | |
| NaSMail - News: NaSMail v.1.7 released [Gna!] | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | gna.org | |
| [SECURITY] Fedora 9 Update: squirrelmail-1.4.18-1.fc9 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.redhat.com | Patch |
| Advisories | Mandriva | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.mandriva.com | Patch |
| 500360 – (CVE-2009-1579) CVE-2009-1579 SquirrelMail: Server-side code injection in map_yp_alias username map | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | bugzilla.redhat.com | |
| APPLE-SA-2010-06-15-1 Security Update 2010-004 / Mac OS X v10.6.4 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | lists.apple.com | |
| CVE Program record | CVE.ORG | www.cve.org | canonical |
| NVD vulnerability detail | NVD | nvd.nist.gov | canonical, analysis |
No vendor comments have been submitted for this CVE.
There are currently no legacy QID mappings associated with this CVE.