CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
EPSS
Percentile
95.3%
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.
Author | Note |
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tyhicks | Note that Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2012:010 was incomplete (see CVE-2012-2124) |