Vulnerability CVE-2009-1381
Published: 2009-05-22   Modified: 2012-02-13

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.

Type:

CWE-Other

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
6.8/10
6.4/10
8.6/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Medium
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
Partial
Partial
Affected software
Squirrelmail -> Imap general.php 
Squirrelmail -> Squirrelmail 

 References:
http://release.debian.org/proposed-updates/stable_diffs/squirrelmail_1.4.15-4+lenny2.debdiff
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1802
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:122
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/503718/100/0/threaded
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-May/msg01195.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-May/msg01202.html
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