SquirrelMail May Send Session Authentication Cookies via HTTP
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SecurityTracker Alert ID: 1021555 |
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SecurityTracker URL: http://securitytracker.com/id/1021555
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CVE Reference:
CVE-2008-3663
(Links to External Site)
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Date: Jan 12 2009
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Impact:
Disclosure of authentication information
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Fix Available: Yes Vendor Confirmed: Yes Exploit Included: Yes
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Version(s): 1.4.0 - 1.4.15
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Description:
A vulnerability was reported in SquirrelMail. A remote user may be able to obtain a session authentication cookie in certain cases.
Session authentication cookies initially transmitted over an HTTPS connection can be transmitted over HTTP because the system does not set the 'secure' cookie flag. A user monitoring the connection can obtain the authentication cookie.
Hanno Boeck reported this vulnerability.
[Editor's note: This vulnerability was reported in September 2008.]
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Impact:
A remote user monitoring network connections may be able to obtain a session authentication cookie.
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Solution:
The vendor issued a fix (1.4.16).
The vendor's advisory is available at:
http://www.squirrelmail.org/security/issue/2008-09-28
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Vendor URL: www.squirrelmail.org/security/issue/2008-09-28 (Links to External Site)
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Cause:
Access control error
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Underlying OS:
Linux (Any), UNIX (Any), Windows (Any)
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Message History:
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Source Message Contents
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Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2009 09:56:28 -0500
Subject: SquirrelMail
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http://int21.de/cve/CVE-2008-3663-squirrelmail.html
CVE-2008-3663
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