Vulnerability Details 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.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.007
EPSS Ranking 70.5%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v2 Score 5.0
References
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0126.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51730
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/04/20/22
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=814671
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0126.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51730
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/04/20/22
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=814671
Products affected by CVE-2012-2124
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cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:-
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cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4
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cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5