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CVE-2009-1579

Date: May 14, 2009

The map_yp_alias function in functions/imap_general.php in SquirrelMail before 1.4.18 and NaSMail before 1.7 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in a username string that is used by the ypmatch program.

Language: C

Severity Score

Related Resources (30)

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=500360
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3315
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1296
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1481
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-1579
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4188
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1066.html
http://www.squirrelmail.org/security/issue/2009-05-10
http://download.gna.org/nasmail/nasmail-1.7.zip
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-May/msg00572.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/35073
http://secunia.com/advisories/35052
http://secunia.com/advisories/35259
http://secunia.com/advisories/37415
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:110
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-May/msg00566.html
http://squirrelmail.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/squirrelmail/branches/SM-1_4-STABLE/squirrelmail/functions/imap_general.php?r1=13674&r2=13673&pathrev=13674
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1802
http://squirrelmail.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/squirrelmail?view=rev&revision=13674
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Jun/msg00001.html
http://squirrelmail.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/squirrelmail/branches/SM-1_4-STABLE/squirrelmail/doc/ChangeLog
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50461
http://secunia.com/advisories/35140
https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2009-1579
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10986
https://gna.org/forum/forum.php?forum_id=2146
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34916
http://secunia.com/advisories/40220
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-May/msg00577.html
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2009-1579

Severity Score

Weakness Type (CWE)

Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')

CWE-94

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC): HIGH
Privileges Required (PR): NONE
User Interaction (UI): NONE
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C): LOW
Integrity (I): LOW
Availability (A): LOW

CVSS v2

Base Score:
Access Vector (AV): NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC): MEDIUM
Authentication (AU): NONE
Confidentiality (C): PARTIAL
Integrity (I): PARTIAL
Availability (A): PARTIAL
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