Security Advisory squirrelmail security update

Advisory: RHSA-2004:654-05
Type: Security Advisory
Severity: Moderate
Issued on: 2004-12-23
Last updated on: 2004-12-23
Affected Products: Red Hat Desktop (v. 3)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 3)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (v. 3)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS (v. 3)
OVAL: N/A
CVEs (cve.mitre.org): CVE-2004-1036

Details

An updated SquirrelMail package that fixes a cross-site scripting
vulnerability is now available.

SquirrelMail is a webmail package written in PHP.

A cross-site scripting bug has been found in SquirrelMail. This issue
could allow an attacker to send a mail with a carefully crafted header,
which could result in causing the victim's machine to execute a malicious
script. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project has assigned the
name CAN-2004-1036 to this issue.

Additionally, the following issues have been addressed:

- updated splash screens
- HIGASHIYAMA Masato's patch to improve Japanese support
- real 1.4.3a tarball
- config_local.php and default_pref in /etc/squirrelmail/ to match upstream
RPM.

Please note that it is possible that upgrading to this package may remove
your SquirrelMail configuration files due to a bug in the RPM package.
Upgrading will prevent this from happening in the future.

Users of SquirrelMail are advised to upgrade to this updated package which
contains a patched version of SquirrelMail version 1.43a and is not
vulnerable to these issues.


Solution

Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released
errata relevant to your system have been applied. Use Red Hat
Network to download and update your packages. To launch the Red Hat
Update Agent, use the following command:

up2date

For information on how to install packages manually, refer to the
following Web page for the System Administration or Customization
guide specific to your system:

http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/enterprise/

Updated packages

Red Hat Desktop (v. 3)

SRPMS:
squirrelmail-1.4.3a-7.EL3.src.rpm     cde6c22b57c88c4ec80545f83d7f16fd
 
IA-32:
squirrelmail-1.4.3a-7.EL3.noarch.rpm
File outdated by:  RHSA-2009:1490
    f207da5253a4493cd502a13aae2dd77e
 
x86_64:
squirrelmail-1.4.3a-7.EL3.noarch.rpm
File outdated by:  RHSA-2009:1490
    f207da5253a4493cd502a13aae2dd77e
 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 3)

SRPMS:
squirrelmail-1.4.3a-7.EL3.src.rpm     cde6c22b57c88c4ec80545f83d7f16fd
 
IA-32:
squirrelmail-1.4.3a-7.EL3.noarch.rpm
File outdated by:  RHSA-2009:1490
    f207da5253a4493cd502a13aae2dd77e
 
IA-64:
squirrelmail-1.4.3a-7.EL3.noarch.rpm
File outdated by:  RHSA-2009:1490
    f207da5253a4493cd502a13aae2dd77e
 
PPC:
squirrelmail-1.4.3a-7.EL3.noarch.rpm
File outdated by:  RHSA-2009:1490
    f207da5253a4493cd502a13aae2dd77e
 
s390:
squirrelmail-1.4.3a-7.EL3.noarch.rpm
File outdated by:  RHSA-2009:1490
    f207da5253a4493cd502a13aae2dd77e
 
s390x:
squirrelmail-1.4.3a-7.EL3.noarch.rpm
File outdated by:  RHSA-2009:1490
    f207da5253a4493cd502a13aae2dd77e
 
x86_64:
squirrelmail-1.4.3a-7.EL3.noarch.rpm
File outdated by:  RHSA-2009:1490
    f207da5253a4493cd502a13aae2dd77e
 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (v. 3)

SRPMS:
squirrelmail-1.4.3a-7.EL3.src.rpm     cde6c22b57c88c4ec80545f83d7f16fd
 
IA-32:
squirrelmail-1.4.3a-7.EL3.noarch.rpm
File outdated by:  RHSA-2009:1490
    f207da5253a4493cd502a13aae2dd77e
 
IA-64:
squirrelmail-1.4.3a-7.EL3.noarch.rpm
File outdated by:  RHSA-2009:1490
    f207da5253a4493cd502a13aae2dd77e
 
x86_64:
squirrelmail-1.4.3a-7.EL3.noarch.rpm
File outdated by:  RHSA-2009:1490
    f207da5253a4493cd502a13aae2dd77e
 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS (v. 3)

SRPMS:
squirrelmail-1.4.3a-7.EL3.src.rpm     cde6c22b57c88c4ec80545f83d7f16fd
 
IA-32:
squirrelmail-1.4.3a-7.EL3.noarch.rpm
File outdated by:  RHSA-2009:1490
    f207da5253a4493cd502a13aae2dd77e
 
IA-64:
squirrelmail-1.4.3a-7.EL3.noarch.rpm
File outdated by:  RHSA-2009:1490
    f207da5253a4493cd502a13aae2dd77e
 
x86_64:
squirrelmail-1.4.3a-7.EL3.noarch.rpm
File outdated by:  RHSA-2009:1490
    f207da5253a4493cd502a13aae2dd77e
 
(The unlinked packages above are only available from the Red Hat Network)

Bugs fixed (see bugzilla for more information)

112769 - The login page says Red Hat Linux instead of Fedora/RHEL
125638 - config_local.php is not listed as a config file
139739 - CAN-2004-1036 Cross Site Scripting in encoded text


References



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