CVE-2012-2124 (GCVE-0-2012-2124)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2013-01-18 11:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 19:26
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
4 references
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|---|---|
| http://secunia.com/advisories/51730 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=814671 | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/0… | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST |
| http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0126.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT |
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