Gentoo: 200212-4 Critical: SquirrelMail XSS Remote Exploit
gentoo
December 16, 2002
read_body.php didn't filter out user input for 'filter_dir' and 'mailbox', making a xss attack possible.
Summary
- -------------------------------------------------------------------- GENTOO LINUX SECURITY ANNOUNCEMENT 200212-4 - -------------------------------------------------------------------- DATE : 2002-12-15 14:12 UTC
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euronymous <just-a-user@yandex.ru> found that read_body.php didn't filter out user input for 'filter_dir' and 'mailbox', making a xss attack possible.
Read the full advisory at /
SOLUTION
It is recommended that all Gentoo Linux users who are running net-mail/squirrelmail-1.2.9 and earlier update their systems as follows:
emerge rsync emerge squirrelmail emerge clean
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PACKAGE : squirrelmail
SUMMARY : cross site scripting
EXPLOIT : remote
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