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TI-2010-02689 Aliases CVE-2010-2813GHSA-4jqc-6m5c-wg7v

functions/imap_general.php in SquirrelMail before 1.4.21 does not properly handle 8-bit…

Priority LOW 30CWE-399Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
— Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Denial of service
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · None · Partial
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-399 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.04048 90th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Red Hat: 1 advisory

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 54

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*up to 1.4.20VulnerableSquirrelMail
cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.4VulnerableSquirrelMail
cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.4:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*1.4 rc1VulnerableSquirrelMail
cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.4.0VulnerableSquirrelMail
cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.4.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*1.4.0 rc1VulnerableSquirrelMail
cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.4.0:rc2a:*:*:*:*:*:*1.4.0 rc2aVulnerableSquirrelMail
cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.4.0-r1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.4.0-r1VulnerableSquirrelMail
cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.4.0_rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.4.0_rc1VulnerableSquirrelMail
cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.4.0_rc2a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.4.0_rc2aVulnerableSquirrelMail
cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.4.1VulnerableSquirrelMail
  • cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 1.4.20 Vulnerable ·SquirrelMail
  • cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.4 Vulnerable ·SquirrelMail
  • cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.4:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.4 rc1 Vulnerable ·SquirrelMail
  • cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.4.0 Vulnerable ·SquirrelMail
  • cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.4.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.4.0 rc1 Vulnerable ·SquirrelMail
  • cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.4.0:rc2a:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.4.0 rc2a Vulnerable ·SquirrelMail
  • cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.4.0-r1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.4.0-r1 Vulnerable ·SquirrelMail
  • cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.4.0_rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.4.0_rc1 Vulnerable ·SquirrelMail
  • cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.4.0_rc2a:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.4.0_rc2a Vulnerable ·SquirrelMail
  • cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.4.1 Vulnerable ·SquirrelMail
Show 44 more CPE
CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.4.2VulnerableSquirrelMail
cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.4.2-r1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.4.2-r1VulnerableSquirrelMail
cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.4.2-r2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.4.2-r2VulnerableSquirrelMail
cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.4.2-r3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.4.2-r3VulnerableSquirrelMail
cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.4.2-r4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.4.2-r4VulnerableSquirrelMail
cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.4.2-r5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.4.2-r5VulnerableSquirrelMail
cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.4.3VulnerableSquirrelMail
cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.4.3:r3:*:*:*:*:*:*1.4.3 r3VulnerableSquirrelMail
cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.4.3:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*1.4.3 rc1VulnerableSquirrelMail
cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.4.3_r3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.4.3_r3VulnerableSquirrelMail
cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.4.3_rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.4.3_rc1VulnerableSquirrelMail
cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.4.3_rc1:r1:*:*:*:*:*:*1.4.3_rc1 r1VulnerableSquirrelMail
cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.4.3a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.4.3aVulnerableSquirrelMail
cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.4.3aa:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.4.3aaVulnerableSquirrelMail
cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.4.4VulnerableSquirrelMail
cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.4.4:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*1.4.4 rc1VulnerableSquirrelMail
cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.4.4_rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.4.4_rc1VulnerableSquirrelMail
cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.4.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.4.5VulnerableSquirrelMail
cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.4.5:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*1.4.5 rc1VulnerableSquirrelMail
cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.4.5_rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.4.5_rc1VulnerableSquirrelMail
cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.4.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.4.6VulnerableSquirrelMail
cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.4.6:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*1.4.6 rc1VulnerableSquirrelMail
cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.4.6_cvs:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.4.6_cvsVulnerableSquirrelMail
cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.4.6_rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.4.6_rc1VulnerableSquirrelMail
cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.4.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.4.7VulnerableSquirrelMail
cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.4.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.4.8VulnerableSquirrelMail
cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.4.8.4fc6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.4.8.4fc6VulnerableSquirrelMail
cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.4.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.4.9VulnerableSquirrelMail
cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.4.9a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.4.9aVulnerableSquirrelMail
cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.4.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.4.10VulnerableSquirrelMail
cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.4.10a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.4.10aVulnerableSquirrelMail
cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.4.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.4.11VulnerableSquirrelMail
cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.4.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.4.12VulnerableSquirrelMail
cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.4.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.4.13VulnerableSquirrelMail
cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.4.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.4.15VulnerableSquirrelMail
cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.4.15:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*1.4.15 rc1VulnerableSquirrelMail
cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.4.15_rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.4.15_rc1VulnerableSquirrelMail
cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.4.15rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.4.15rc1VulnerableSquirrelMail
cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.4.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.4.16VulnerableSquirrelMail
cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.4.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.4.17VulnerableSquirrelMail
cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.4.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.4.18VulnerableSquirrelMail
cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.4.19:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.4.19VulnerableSquirrelMail
cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.4_rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.4_rc1VulnerableSquirrelMail
cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.44:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.44VulnerableSquirrelMail
  • cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.4.2 Vulnerable ·SquirrelMail
  • cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.4.2-r1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.4.2-r1 Vulnerable ·SquirrelMail
  • cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.4.2-r2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.4.2-r2 Vulnerable ·SquirrelMail
  • cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.4.2-r3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.4.2-r3 Vulnerable ·SquirrelMail
  • cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.4.2-r4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.4.2-r4 Vulnerable ·SquirrelMail
  • cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.4.2-r5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.4.2-r5 Vulnerable ·SquirrelMail
  • cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.4.3 Vulnerable ·SquirrelMail
  • cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.4.3:r3:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.4.3 r3 Vulnerable ·SquirrelMail
  • cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.4.3:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.4.3 rc1 Vulnerable ·SquirrelMail
  • cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.4.3_r3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.4.3_r3 Vulnerable ·SquirrelMail
  • cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.4.3_rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.4.3_rc1 Vulnerable ·SquirrelMail
  • cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.4.3_rc1:r1:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.4.3_rc1 r1 Vulnerable ·SquirrelMail
  • cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.4.3a:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.4.3a Vulnerable ·SquirrelMail
  • cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.4.3aa:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.4.3aa Vulnerable ·SquirrelMail
  • cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.4.4 Vulnerable ·SquirrelMail
  • cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.4.4:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.4.4 rc1 Vulnerable ·SquirrelMail
  • cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.4.4_rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.4.4_rc1 Vulnerable ·SquirrelMail
  • cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.4.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.4.5 Vulnerable ·SquirrelMail
  • cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.4.5:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.4.5 rc1 Vulnerable ·SquirrelMail
  • cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.4.5_rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.4.5_rc1 Vulnerable ·SquirrelMail
  • cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.4.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.4.6 Vulnerable ·SquirrelMail
  • cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.4.6:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.4.6 rc1 Vulnerable ·SquirrelMail
  • cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.4.6_cvs:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.4.6_cvs Vulnerable ·SquirrelMail
  • cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.4.6_rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.4.6_rc1 Vulnerable ·SquirrelMail
  • cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.4.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.4.7 Vulnerable ·SquirrelMail
  • cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.4.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.4.8 Vulnerable ·SquirrelMail
  • cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.4.8.4fc6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.4.8.4fc6 Vulnerable ·SquirrelMail
  • cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.4.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.4.9 Vulnerable ·SquirrelMail
  • cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.4.9a:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.4.9a Vulnerable ·SquirrelMail
  • cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.4.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.4.10 Vulnerable ·SquirrelMail
  • cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.4.10a:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.4.10a Vulnerable ·SquirrelMail
  • cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.4.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.4.11 Vulnerable ·SquirrelMail
  • cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.4.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.4.12 Vulnerable ·SquirrelMail
  • cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.4.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.4.13 Vulnerable ·SquirrelMail
  • cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.4.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.4.15 Vulnerable ·SquirrelMail
  • cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.4.15:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.4.15 rc1 Vulnerable ·SquirrelMail
  • cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.4.15_rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.4.15_rc1 Vulnerable ·SquirrelMail
  • cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.4.15rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.4.15rc1 Vulnerable ·SquirrelMail
  • cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.4.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.4.16 Vulnerable ·SquirrelMail
  • cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.4.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.4.17 Vulnerable ·SquirrelMail
  • cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.4.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.4.18 Vulnerable ·SquirrelMail
  • cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.4.19:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.4.19 Vulnerable ·SquirrelMail
  • cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.4_rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.4_rc1 Vulnerable ·SquirrelMail
  • cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.44:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.44 Vulnerable ·SquirrelMail

Remediation

Red Hat 1 advisory

  • RHSA-2012:0103 Released 2012-02-08 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    squirrelmail security update
    • RHEL Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client) squirrelmail-1.4.8-5.el5_7.13
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) squirrelmail-1.4.8-5.el5_7.13
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 squirrelmail-1.4.8-18.el4
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 squirrelmail-1.4.8-18.el4
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 squirrelmail-1.4.8-18.el4
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 squirrelmail-1.4.8-18.el4

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Low. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
RHEL Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client)Fixed RHSA-2012:0103
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)Fixed RHSA-2012:0103
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4Fixed RHSA-2012:0103
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4Fixed RHSA-2012:0103
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4Fixed RHSA-2012:0103
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4Fixed RHSA-2012:0103

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2010-2813
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-4jqc-6m5c-wg7v

References

Patch 1

Advisory 7

Other 3

  • TI-2006-02750 PHP remote file inclusion vulnerability in functions/plugin.php in SquirrelMail 1.4.6 and… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2017-05328 SquirrelMail 1.4.22 (and other versions before 20170427_0200-SVN) allows… CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2002-00501 SquirrelMail 1.2.5 and earlier allows authenticated SquirrelMail users to execute… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
  • TI-2002-01101 Cross-site scripting vulnerabilities in SquirrelMail 1.2.7 and earlier allows remote… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2004-00468 Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in SquirrelMail 1.4.2 allow remote… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 6.8
  • TI-2004-00470 SQL injection vulnerability in SquirrelMail before 1.4.3 RC1 allows remote attackers to… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
See all 63 →

Sources

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