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Gentoo: GLSA-201709-13 Normal: SquirrelMail Remote Code Execution Threat

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Calendar Grey September 17, 2017
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 202303-11 reports a vulnerability in SquirrelMail that could enable remote code execution, exposing systems to potential attacker exploitation.
A vulnerability in SquirrelMail might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.

Summary

It was discovered that the sendmail.cf file is mishandled in a popen call.

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Topics Covered

security advisory gentoo code execution squirrelmail remote access advisory normal severity

Resolution

Gentoo has discontinued support for SquirrelMail and recommends that users unmerge the package: # emerge --unmerge "mail-client/squirrelmail"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2017-7692 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-7692

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201709-13
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Concerns

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.

Severity: Normal
Title: SquirrelMail: Remote Code Execution
Date: September 17, 2017
Bugs: #616700
ID: 201709-13

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Topics Covered

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Synopsis

A vulnerability in SquirrelMail might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.

Background

SquirrelMail is a webmail package written in PHP. It supports IMAP and SMTP and can optionally be installed with SQL support.

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Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 mail-client/squirrelmail < 1.4.23_pre20140426 Vulnerable! ------------------------------------------------------------------- NOTE: Certain packages are still vulnerable. Users should migrate to another package if one is available or wait for the existing packages to be marked stable by their architecture maintainers.

Impact

===== A remote attacker, by enticing a user to open an e-mail attachment, could execute arbitrary shell commands.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.