[ GLSA 200411-25 ] SquirrelMail: Encoded text XSS vulnerability

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200411-25
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  Severity: Low
     Title: SquirrelMail: Encoded text XSS vulnerability
      Date: November 17, 2004
      Bugs: #70739
        ID: 200411-25

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Synopsis
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Squirrelmail fails to properly sanitize user input, which could lead to
a compromise of webmail accounts.

Background
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SquirrelMail is a webmail package written in PHP. It supports IMAP and
SMTP, and can optionally be installed with SQL support.

Affected packages
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     Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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  1 mail-client/squirrelmail < 1.4.3a-r2 >= 1.4.3a-r2

Description
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SquirrelMail fails to properly sanitize certain strings when decoding
specially-crafted headers.

Impact
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By enticing a user to read a specially-crafted e-mail, an attacker can
execute arbitrary scripts running in the context of the victim's
browser. This could lead to a compromise of the user's webmail account,
cookie theft, etc.

Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
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All SquirrelMail users should upgrade to the latest version:

    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=mail-client/squirrelmail-1.4.3a-r2"

Note: Users with the vhosts USE flag set should manually use
webapp-config to finalize the update.

References
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  [ 1 ] SquirrelMail Advisory
        http://article.gmane.org/gmane.mail.squirrelmail.user/21169

Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

  http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200411-25.xml

Concerns?
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
security_at_gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at
http://bugs.gentoo.org.

License
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