Directory Traversal Affecting squirrelmail package, versions <2:1.4.23~svn20120406-2+deb8u2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.21% (59th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN8-SQUIRRELMAIL-311790
  • published17 Mar 2018
  • disclosed17 Mar 2018

Introduced: 17 Mar 2018

CVE-2018-8741  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-22  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:8 squirrelmail to version 2:1.4.23~svn20120406-2+deb8u2 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream squirrelmail package and not the squirrelmail package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

A directory traversal flaw in SquirrelMail 1.4.22 allows an authenticated attacker to exfiltrate (or potentially delete) files from the hosting server, related to ../ in the att_local_name field in Deliver.class.php.