SquirrelMail Options.PHP Web Root Path Disclosure Vulnerability

BID:5949

Info

SquirrelMail Options.PHP Web Root Path Disclosure Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 5949
Class: Failure to Handle Exceptional Conditions
CVE: CVE-2002-1132
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Oct 11 2002 12:00AM
Updated: Jul 11 2009 06:06PM
Credit: This vulnerability was reported in a RedHat advisory.
Vulnerable: SquirrelMail SquirrelMail 1.2.7
+ Redhat Linux 8.0
SquirrelMail SquirrelMail 1.2.6
+ Debian Linux 3.0 sparc
+ Debian Linux 3.0 s/390
+ Debian Linux 3.0 s/390
+ Debian Linux 3.0 ppc
+ Debian Linux 3.0 ppc
+ Debian Linux 3.0 mipsel
+ Debian Linux 3.0 mipsel
+ Debian Linux 3.0 mips
+ Debian Linux 3.0 mips
+ Debian Linux 3.0 m68k
+ Debian Linux 3.0 m68k
+ Debian Linux 3.0 ia-64
+ Debian Linux 3.0 ia-64
+ Debian Linux 3.0 ia-32
+ Debian Linux 3.0 ia-32
+ Debian Linux 3.0 hppa
+ Debian Linux 3.0 hppa
+ Debian Linux 3.0 arm
+ Debian Linux 3.0 arm
+ Debian Linux 3.0 alpha
+ Debian Linux 3.0 alpha
+ Debian Linux 3.0
+ Debian Linux 3.0
Not Vulnerable: SquirrelMail SquirrelMail 1.2.8
+ Terra Soft Solutions Yellow Dog Linux 3.0

Discussion

SquirrelMail Options.PHP Web Root Path Disclosure Vulnerability

A problem with SquirrelMail could make it possible for an attacker to gain sensitive information.

Under some conditions, SquirrelMail may reveal sensitive configuration information. When a malformed input is provided as arugments to the 'options.php' script,an error page will be generated. The error page returned contains absolute pathname of the options.php script.

Exploit / POC

SquirrelMail Options.PHP Web Root Path Disclosure Vulnerability

There is no exploit code required.

Solution / Fix

SquirrelMail Options.PHP Web Root Path Disclosure Vulnerability

Solution:
SquirrelMail 1.2.8 is not vulnerable to this issue. Users are advised to upgrade to the newest version of SquirrelMail.


SquirrelMail SquirrelMail 1.2.6

SquirrelMail SquirrelMail 1.2.7

References

SquirrelMail Options.PHP Web Root Path Disclosure Vulnerability

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