CVE-2010-2813

CVE Details

Release Date:	2010-08-19
Impact:	None	What is this?

Description

functions/imap_general.php in SquirrelMail before 1.4.21 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 preferences files.

See more information about CVE-2010-2813 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD

NOTE: The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score:	5.0
Vector String:	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Version:	2.0
Attack Vector:	Network
Attack Complexity:	Low
Authentication:	None
Confidentiality Impact:	None
Integrity Impact:	None
Availability Impact:	Partial

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Enterprise Linux version 4 (squirrelmail)	ELSA-2012-0103	2012-02-08
Oracle Linux version 5 (squirrelmail)	ELSA-2012-0103	2012-02-08