CVE-2012-2124
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2013-01-18 11:00
Modified
2024-08-06 19:26
Severity ?
Summary
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.
References
secalert@redhat.comhttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0126.htmlVendor Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://secunia.com/advisories/51730Vendor Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/04/20/22
secalert@redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=814671
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0126.htmlVendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/51730Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/04/20/22
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=814671
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Show details on NVD website

To clipboard 

{
  "containers": {
    "adp": [
      {
        "providerMetadata": {
          "dateUpdated": "2024-08-06T19:26:08.497Z",
          "orgId": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108",
          "shortName": "CVE"
        },
        "references": [
          {
            "name": "51730",
            "tags": [
              "third-party-advisory",
              "x_refsource_SECUNIA",
              "x_transferred"
            ],
            "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/51730"
          },
          {
            "tags": [
              "x_refsource_CONFIRM",
              "x_transferred"
            ],
            "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=814671"
          },
          {
            "name": "[oss-security] 20120420 CVE-2012-2124 assignment notification: squirrelmail: CVE-2010-2813  not fixed in RHSA-2012:0103",
            "tags": [
              "mailing-list",
              "x_refsource_MLIST",
              "x_transferred"
            ],
            "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/04/20/22"
          },
          {
            "name": "RHSA-2013:0126",
            "tags": [
              "vendor-advisory",
              "x_refsource_REDHAT",
              "x_transferred"
            ],
            "url": "http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0126.html"
          }
        ],
        "title": "CVE Program Container"
      }
    ],
    "cna": {
      "affected": [
        {
          "product": "n/a",
          "vendor": "n/a",
          "versions": [
            {
              "status": "affected",
              "version": "n/a"
            }
          ]
        }
      ],
      "descriptions": [
        {
          "lang": "en",
          "value": "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."
        }
      ],
      "problemTypes": [
        {
          "descriptions": [
            {
              "description": "n/a",
              "lang": "en",
              "type": "text"
            }
          ]
        }
      ],
      "providerMetadata": {
        "dateUpdated": "2013-01-18T11:00:00Z",
        "orgId": "53f830b8-0a3f-465b-8143-3b8a9948e749",
        "shortName": "redhat"
      },
      "references": [
        {
          "name": "51730",
          "tags": [
            "third-party-advisory",
            "x_refsource_SECUNIA"
          ],
          "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/51730"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "x_refsource_CONFIRM"
          ],
          "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=814671"
        },
        {
          "name": "[oss-security] 20120420 CVE-2012-2124 assignment notification: squirrelmail: CVE-2010-2813  not fixed in RHSA-2012:0103",
          "tags": [
            "mailing-list",
            "x_refsource_MLIST"
          ],
          "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/04/20/22"
        },
        {
          "name": "RHSA-2013:0126",
          "tags": [
            "vendor-advisory",
            "x_refsource_REDHAT"
          ],
          "url": "http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0126.html"
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "cveMetadata": {
    "assignerOrgId": "53f830b8-0a3f-465b-8143-3b8a9948e749",
    "assignerShortName": "redhat",
    "cveId": "CVE-2012-2124",
    "datePublished": "2013-01-18T11:00:00Z",
    "dateReserved": "2012-04-04T00:00:00Z",
    "dateUpdated": "2024-08-06T19:26:08.497Z",
    "state": "PUBLISHED"
  },
  "dataType": "CVE_RECORD",
  "dataVersion": "5.1",
  "vulnerability-lookup:meta": {
    "nvd": "{\"cve\":{\"id\":\"CVE-2012-2124\",\"sourceIdentifier\":\"secalert@redhat.com\",\"published\":\"2013-01-18T11:48:39.840\",\"lastModified\":\"2024-11-21T01:38:32.823\",\"vulnStatus\":\"Modified\",\"cveTags\":[],\"descriptions\":[{\"lang\":\"en\",\"value\":\"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.\"},{\"lang\":\"es\",\"value\":\"functions/imap_general.php en SquirrelMail, tal y como se usa ??en Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) v4 y v5 no trata correctamente los caracteres de 8 bits en las contrase\u00f1as, lo que permite a atacantes remotos provocar una denegaci\u00f3n de servicio (por excesivo consumo de disco) haciendo muchos intentos de acceso IMAP con diferentes nombres de usuario, lo que lleva a la creaci\u00f3n de muchos archivos de preferencias. NOTA: este problema existe debido a una reparaci\u00f3n incorrecta al CVE-2010-2813.\"}],\"metrics\":{\"cvssMetricV2\":[{\"source\":\"nvd@nist.gov\",\"type\":\"Primary\",\"cvssData\":{\"version\":\"2.0\",\"vectorString\":\"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P\",\"baseScore\":5.0,\"accessVector\":\"NETWORK\",\"accessComplexity\":\"LOW\",\"authentication\":\"NONE\",\"confidentialityImpact\":\"NONE\",\"integrityImpact\":\"NONE\",\"availabilityImpact\":\"PARTIAL\"},\"baseSeverity\":\"MEDIUM\",\"exploitabilityScore\":10.0,\"impactScore\":2.9,\"acInsufInfo\":false,\"obtainAllPrivilege\":false,\"obtainUserPrivilege\":false,\"obtainOtherPrivilege\":false,\"userInteractionRequired\":false}]},\"weaknesses\":[{\"source\":\"nvd@nist.gov\",\"type\":\"Primary\",\"description\":[{\"lang\":\"en\",\"value\":\"CWE-399\"}]}],\"configurations\":[{\"nodes\":[{\"operator\":\"OR\",\"negate\":false,\"cpeMatch\":[{\"vulnerable\":true,\"criteria\":\"cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*\",\"matchCriteriaId\":\"0F4C8AC6-80BA-456F-997B-FC38A8E2F060\"},{\"vulnerable\":true,\"criteria\":\"cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*\",\"matchCriteriaId\":\"CA2C244C-82F6-49BC-B7F7-54AB989C43E8\"},{\"vulnerable\":true,\"criteria\":\"cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*\",\"matchCriteriaId\":\"AA9B3CC0-DF1C-4A86-B2A3-A9D428A5A6E6\"}]}]}],\"references\":[{\"url\":\"http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0126.html\",\"source\":\"secalert@redhat.com\",\"tags\":[\"Vendor Advisory\"]},{\"url\":\"http://secunia.com/advisories/51730\",\"source\":\"secalert@redhat.com\",\"tags\":[\"Vendor Advisory\"]},{\"url\":\"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/04/20/22\",\"source\":\"secalert@redhat.com\"},{\"url\":\"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=814671\",\"source\":\"secalert@redhat.com\"},{\"url\":\"http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0126.html\",\"source\":\"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108\",\"tags\":[\"Vendor Advisory\"]},{\"url\":\"http://secunia.com/advisories/51730\",\"source\":\"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108\",\"tags\":[\"Vendor Advisory\"]},{\"url\":\"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/04/20/22\",\"source\":\"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108\"},{\"url\":\"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=814671\",\"source\":\"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108\"}]}}"
  }
}


Log in or create an account to share your comment.




Tags
Taxonomy of the tags.




Sightings

Author Source Type Date

Nomenclature

  • Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or seen somewhere by the user.
  • Confirmed: The vulnerability is confirmed from an analyst perspective.
  • Exploited: This vulnerability was exploited and seen by the user reporting the sighting.
  • Patched: This vulnerability was successfully patched by the user reporting the sighting.
  • Not exploited: This vulnerability was not exploited or seen by the user reporting the sighting.
  • Not confirmed: The user expresses doubt about the veracity of the vulnerability.
  • Not patched: This vulnerability was not successfully patched by the user reporting the sighting.