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Directory Traversal Affecting squirrelmail package, versions <2:1.4.23~svn20120406-2+deb8u3ubuntu0.16.04.1

Severity

 Recommended
medium

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.21% (59th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1604-SQUIRRELMAIL-613244
  • published10 Sept 2020
  • disclosed17 Mar 2018
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Introduced: 17 Mar 2018

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

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:16.04 squirrelmail to version 2:1.4.23~svn20120406-2+deb8u3ubuntu0.16.04.1 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 Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:16.04 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.

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