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CVE-2010-2813 json

functions/imap_general.php in SquirrelMail before 1.4.21 does not properly handle 8-bit characters in passwords, which allows remote attack…

published 16y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2010-2817

cvss
5.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
4.0%
EPSS 4.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 90%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • squirrelmail RHEL 4 1.4.8-18.el4
  • squirrelmail RHEL 5 1.4.8-5.el5_7.13

red hat advisories RHSA-2012:0103

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red hat product security vex CVE-2010-2813 updated cvss 5.0

SquirrelMail: DoS (disk space consumption) by random IMAP login attempts with 8-bit characters in the password

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) squirrelmail 1.4.8-5.el5_7.13 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 squirrelmail 1.4.8-18.el4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 squirrelmail 1.4.8-18.el4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 squirrelmail 1.4.8-18.el4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 squirrelmail 1.4.8-18.el4 Red Hat RHEL Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client) squirrelmail 1.4.8-5.el5_7.13
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2012:0103

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Exploit prediction

4.05% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 90% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-399 Resource Management Errors

References

Sources

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