CVE-2010-2813 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause disk consumption and denial of service by triggering excessive preference file creation via IMAP login attempts.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2010-2813?
CVE-2010-2813 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Squirrelmail Squirrelmail, published on 19 Aug 2010. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
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.
Weakness: CWE-399
Which versions are affected by CVE-2010-2813?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Squirrelmail Squirrelmail.
How do I fix CVE-2010-2813?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2010-2813 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2010-2813 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Squirrelmail Squirrelmail
Sources
Also known as GHSA-4jqc-6m5c-wg7v.