CVE-2012-2124

functions/imap_general.php in SquirrelMail, as used in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 4 and 5, 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 preference files. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incorrect fix for CVE-2010-2813.

CVSS v2.0 5.0 MEDIUM

5.0^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Exploitability : 10.0 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=814671
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/04/20/22
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0126.html	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/51730	Vendor Advisory

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Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:-:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5:::::::*

Information

Published : 2013-01-18 03:48

Updated : 2023-02-12 20:33

NVD link : CVE-2012-2124

Mitre link : CVE-2012-2124

JSON object : View

CWE

CWE-399

Resource Management Errors

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Products Affected

squirrelmail

squirrelmail

redhat

enterprise_linux

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