SquirrelMail G/PGP Encryption Plugin Access Validation And Input Validation Vulnerabilities

BID:26788

Info

SquirrelMail G/PGP Encryption Plugin Access Validation And Input Validation Vulnerabilities

Bugtraq ID: 26788
Class: Unknown
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Dec 10 2007 12:00AM
Updated: Dec 21 2007 07:21PM
Credit: Tomas Kuliavas is credited with the discovery of these issues.
Vulnerable: SquirrelMail G/PGP Encryption Plugin 2.0.1
SquirrelMail G/PGP Encryption Plugin 2.1
SquirrelMail G/PGP Encryption Plugin 2.0
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

SquirrelMail G/PGP Encryption Plugin Access Validation And Input Validation Vulnerabilities

The G/PGP encryption plugin for SquirrelMail is prone to an input-validation vulnerability and an access-validation vulnerability.

Attackers can exploit these issues to inject arbitrary script code into public key data or to delete and overwrite arbitrary files with the privileges of the application.

SquirrelMail G/PGP Encryption Plugin 2.0, 2.0.1, and 2.1 are vulnerable; other versions may also be affected.

NOTE: One or more of these issues may already have been documented in the following BIDs, but we don't have enough information at this time to distinguish among them:

- 24782, SquirrelMail G/PGP Encryption Plug-in Unspecified Remote Command Execution Vulnerability
- 24828, SquirrelMail G/PGP Encryption Plug-in Multiple Unspecified Remote Command Execution Vulnerabilities
- 24874, SquirrelMail G/PGP Encryption Plug-in Multiple Remote Command Execution
Vulnerabilities

Exploit / POC

SquirrelMail G/PGP Encryption Plugin Access Validation And Input Validation Vulnerabilities

Attackers can exploit these issues with a browser. In the case of the input-validation vulnerability, an attacker may be able to exploit this issue through malicious JavaScript in an email or web page or by enticing an unsuspecting user to import a specially crafted public key.

The following proof of concept is available:

Solution / Fix

SquirrelMail G/PGP Encryption Plugin Access Validation And Input Validation Vulnerabilities

Solution:
Currently we are not aware of any vendor-supplied patches for this issue. If you feel we are in error or if you are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected].

References

SquirrelMail G/PGP Encryption Plugin Access Validation And Input Validation Vulnerabilities

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