CVE-2010-2813
functions/imap_general.php in SquirrelMail before 1.4.21 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 preferences files.
- EPSS
- 4.0% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 90% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- CWE
- CWE-399
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- squirrelmail:squirrelmail
References
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/Feb/msg00000.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-August/045372.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-August/045383.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0103.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/40964