5
CVSSv2

CVE-2012-2124

Published: 18/01/2013 Updated: 07/11/2023
CVSS v2 Base Score: 5 | Impact Score: 2.9 | Exploitability Score: 10
VMScore: 445
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Vulnerability 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 malicious users 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.

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Vendor Advisories

Synopsis Low: squirrelmail security and bug fix update Type/Severity Security Advisory: Low Topic An updated squirrelmail package that fixes one security issue and severalbugs is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having lowsecurity impac ...