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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.62844
Category:Debian Local Security Checks
Title:Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-1682-1)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'squirrelmail' package(s) announced via the DSA-1682-1 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'squirrelmail' package(s) announced via the DSA-1682-1 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
Ivan Markovic discovered that SquirrelMail, a webmail application, did not sufficiently sanitise incoming HTML email, allowing an attacker to perform cross site scripting through sending a malicious HTML email.

For the stable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in version 1.4.9a-3.

For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 1.4.15-4.

We recommend that you upgrade your squirrelmail package.

Affected Software/OS:
'squirrelmail' package(s) on Debian 4.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
4.3

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2008-2379
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Feb/msg00000.html
BugTraq ID: 32603
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32603
Debian Security Information: DSA-1682 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1682
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-December/msg00223.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-December/msg00449.html
http://security-net.biz/wsw/index.php?p=254&n=190
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9764
http://secunia.com/advisories/32143
http://secunia.com/advisories/33054
http://secunia.com/advisories/33071
http://secunia.com/advisories/33937
SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SR:2008:027 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-12/msg00002.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3332
XForce ISS Database: squirrelmail-html-xss(47024)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47024
CopyrightCopyright (C) 2008 Greenbone AG

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