CVE-2009-1581

Impact:
Low
Public Date:
2009-05-12
Bugzilla:
500356: CVE-2009-1581 SquirrelMail: CSS positioning vulnerability

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

functions/mime.php in SquirrelMail before 1.4.18 does not protect the application's content from Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) positioning in HTML e-mail messages, which allows remote attackers to spoof the user interface, and conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) and phishing attacks, via a crafted message.

Find out more about CVE-2009-1581 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score 4.3
Base Metrics AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact None

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Red Hat Security Errata

Platform Errata Release Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 (squirrelmail) RHSA-2009:1066 2009-05-26
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (squirrelmail) RHSA-2009:1066 2009-05-26
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 (squirrelmail) RHSA-2009:1066 2009-05-26

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