- --------------------------------------------------------------------
GENTOO LINUX SECURITY ANNOUNCEMENT 200212-4
- --------------------------------------------------------------------

PACKAGE : squirrelmail
SUMMARY : cross site scripting
DATE    : 2002-12-15 14:12 UTC
EXPLOIT : remote

- --------------------------------------------------------------------

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

- --------------------------------------------------------------------
aliz@gentoo.org - GnuPG key is available at - --------------------------------------------------------------------

Gentoo: squirrelmail XSS vulnerability

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

- --------------------------------------------------------------------

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

- --------------------------------------------------------------------
aliz@gentoo.org - GnuPG key is available at - --------------------------------------------------------------------

Resolution

References

Availability

Concerns

Severity
PACKAGE : squirrelmail
SUMMARY : cross site scripting
EXPLOIT : remote

Synopsis

Background

Affected Packages

Impact

Workaround

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