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Imap General.php 1.4.3_rc1 and prior [Medium]

By Security Team • May 22nd, 2009 • Category: Security Notifications

Affects:

  • Imap General.php 1.4.3_rc1 and prior [Medium]

Description

The map_yp_alias function in functions/imap_general.php in SquirrelMail before 1.4.19-1 on Debian GNU/Linux, and possibly other operating systems and versions, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in a username string that is used by the ypmatch program. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2009-1579.

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CVE Identifier: CVE-2009-1381
Severity: Medium

National Vulnerabilities Database

NIST National Vulnerabilities Database

Related OLEX Packages: imap_general.php
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