CVE-2010-2813

N/A Unknown
Published: August 19, 2010 Modified: April 29, 2026
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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.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/Feb/msg00000.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-August/045372.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-August/045383.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0103.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://secunia.com/advisories/40964
Source: cve@mitre.org
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/40971
Source: cve@mitre.org
Vendor Advisory
http://squirrelmail.org/security/issue/2010-07-23
Source: cve@mitre.org
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://squirrelmail.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/squirrelmail/branches/SM-1_4-STABLE/squirrelmail/functions/imap_general.php?view=patch&r1=13972&r2=13971&pathrev=13972
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5130
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2091
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/42399
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2070
Source: cve@mitre.org
Vendor Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2080
Source: cve@mitre.org
Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=618096
Source: cve@mitre.org
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/61124
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/Feb/msg00000.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-August/045372.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-August/045383.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0103.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/40964
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/40971
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://squirrelmail.org/security/issue/2010-07-23
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://squirrelmail.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/squirrelmail/branches/SM-1_4-STABLE/squirrelmail/functions/imap_general.php?view=patch&r1=13972&r2=13971&pathrev=13972
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5130
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2091
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/42399
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2070
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2080
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=618096
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/61124
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

30 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
4.0%
89th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-399

Affected Vendors

squirrelmail

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