SquirrelMail S/MIME Plug-in Remote Command Execution Vulnerability

BID:12467

Info

SquirrelMail S/MIME Plug-in Remote Command Execution Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 12467
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE: CVE-2005-0239
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Feb 07 2005 12:00AM
Updated: Jul 12 2009 10:06AM
Credit: Discovery is credited to Karol Wiesek.
Vulnerable: SuSE Linux 8.1
SuSE Linux 8.0 i386
SuSE Linux 8.0
SuSE Linux 7.3 sparc
SuSE Linux 7.3 ppc
SuSE Linux 7.3 i386
SuSE Linux 7.3
SuSE Linux 7.2 i386
SuSE Linux 7.2
SuSE Linux 7.1 x86
SuSE Linux 7.1 sparc
SuSE Linux 7.1 ppc
SuSE Linux 7.1 alpha
SuSE Linux 7.1
SuSE Linux 7.0 sparc
SuSE Linux 7.0 ppc
SuSE Linux 7.0 i386
SuSE Linux 7.0 alpha
SuSE Linux 7.0
SuSE Linux 6.4 ppc
SuSE Linux 6.4 i386
SuSE Linux 6.4 alpha
SuSE Linux 6.4
SuSE Linux 6.3 ppc
SuSE Linux 6.3 alpha
SuSE Linux 6.3
SuSE Linux 6.2
SuSE Linux 6.1 alpha
SuSE Linux 6.1
SuSE Linux 6.0
SuSE Linux 5.3
SuSE Linux 5.2
SuSE Linux 5.1
SuSE Linux 5.0
SuSE Linux 4.4.1
SuSE Linux 4.4
SuSE Linux 4.3
SuSE Linux 4.2
SuSE Linux 4.0
SuSE Linux 3.0
SuSE Linux 2.0
SuSE Linux 1.0
SquirrelMail S/MIME Plugin 0.5
SquirrelMail S/MIME Plugin 0.4
S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 9.2 x86_64
S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 9.2
S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 9.1 x86_64
S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 9.1
S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 9.0 x86_64
S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 9.0
S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 8.2
Not Vulnerable: SquirrelMail S/MIME Plugin 0.6

Discussion

SquirrelMail S/MIME Plug-in Remote Command Execution Vulnerability

A vulnerability exists in the SquirrelMail S/MIME plug-in that may allow malicious Web mail users to execute system commands remotely. The source of the problem is that user data is passed to the PHP 'exec()' function without sufficient sanitization.

Command execution would occur in the context of the Web server hosting the vulnerable software.

Exploit / POC

SquirrelMail S/MIME Plug-in Remote Command Execution Vulnerability

There is no exploit required.

Solution / Fix

SquirrelMail S/MIME Plug-in Remote Command Execution Vulnerability

Solution:
This issue has been resolved in version 0.6 of the S/MIME plugin.

SuSE has released advisory SUSE-SA:2005:015 reporting in the pending vulnerabilities section that new Squirrelmail packages are available on their ftp server. Please see the referenced advisory for more information.

SUSE has released an advisory SUSE-SR:2005:008 to address various security issues affecting SUSE products. Please see the referenced advisory for more information.


SquirrelMail S/MIME Plugin 0.4

SquirrelMail S/MIME Plugin 0.5

S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 8.2

S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 9.0

S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 9.0 x86_64

S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 9.1 x86_64

S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 9.1

S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 9.2

S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 9.2 x86_64

References

SquirrelMail S/MIME Plug-in Remote Command Execution Vulnerability

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