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CVE-2009-1381

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
Unavailable / Other
Publication date:
22/05/2009
Last modified:
09/04/2025

Description

The map_yp_alias function in functions/imap_general.php in SquirrelMail before 1.4.19-1 on Debian GNU/Linux, and possibly other operating systems and versions, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in a username string that is used by the ypmatch program. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2009-1579.

Impact

Vector 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 6.80 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Physical
Integrity (I): Physical
Availability (A): Physical

Base Score 2.0
6.80
Severity 2.0
MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:imap_general.php:1.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.2.6-rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.2.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.2.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.2.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.2.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.2.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.4.0-r1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.4.2-r1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.4.2-r2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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