CVE-2009-2964 Cross-site request forgery in n/a

Medium 6.8 Published Updated

Remote attackers can hijack user sessions to send messages or change preferences in SquirrelMail and NaSMail webmail clients via CSRF.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
A user has to click or open something
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2009-2964?

CVE-2009-2964 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Squirrelmail Squirrelmail, published on 25 Aug 2009. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Multiple cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerabilities in SquirrelMail 1.4.19 and earlier, and NaSMail before 1.7, allow remote attackers to hijack the authentication of unspecified victims via features such as send message and change preferences, related to (1) functions/mailbox_display.php, (2) src/addrbook_search_html.php, (3) src/addressbook.php, (4) src/compose.php, (5) src/folders.php, (6) src/folders_create.php, (7) src/folders_delete.php, (8) src/folders_rename_do.php, (9) src/folders_rename_getname.php, (10) src/folders_subscribe.php, (11) src/move_messages.php, (12) src/options.php, (13) src/options_highlight.php, (14) src/options_identities.php, (15) src/options_order.php, (16) src/search.php, and (17) src/vcard.php.

Weakness: CWE-352

Which versions are affected by CVE-2009-2964?

It affects 1 product.

Linux distribution packages (10)
squirrelmail Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::asAll versions0:1.4.8-16.el3
squirrelmail Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktopAll versions0:1.4.8-16.el3
squirrelmail Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::esAll versions0:1.4.8-16.el3
squirrelmail Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::wsAll versions0:1.4.8-16.el3
squirrelmail Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::asAll versions0:1.4.8-5.el4_8.8
squirrelmail Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktopAll versions0:1.4.8-5.el4_8.8
squirrelmail Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::esAll versions0:1.4.8-5.el4_8.8
squirrelmail Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::wsAll versions0:1.4.8-5.el4_8.8
squirrelmail Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstationAll versions0:1.4.8-5.el5_4.10
squirrelmail Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::serverAll versions0:1.4.8-5.el5_4.10

Products include Squirrelmail Squirrelmail.

How do I fix CVE-2009-2964?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2009-2964 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2009-2964 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Squirrelmail Squirrelmail vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-jj6p-27w9-hh6m, RHSA-2009:1490.

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