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Fedora Legacy Update Advisory
Synopsis: Updated squirrelmail package fixes security issues
Advisory ID: FLSA:163047
Issue date: 2005-09-14
Product: Red Hat Linux, Fedora Core
Keywords: Bugfix
CVE Names: CAN-2005-1769 CAN-2005-2095
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1. Topic:
An updated squirrelmail package that fixes two security issues is now
available.
SquirrelMail is a standards-based webmail package written in PHP4.
2. Relevant releases/architectures:
Red Hat Linux 9 - i386
Fedora Core 1 - i386
Fedora Core 2 - i386
3. Problem description:
A bug was found in the way SquirrelMail handled the $_POST variable. If
a user is tricked into visiting a malicious URL, the user's SquirrelMail
preferences could be read or modified. The Common Vulnerabilities and
Exposures project assigned the name CAN-2005-2095 to this issue.
Several cross-site scripting bugs were discovered in SquirrelMail. An
attacker could inject arbitrary Javascript or HTML content into
SquirrelMail pages by tricking a user into visiting a carefully crafted
URL, or by sending them a carefully constructed HTML email message. The
Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project assigned the name
CAN-2005-1769 to this issue.
All users of SquirrelMail should upgrade to this updated package, which
contains backported patches that resolve these issues.
4. Solution:
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata
relevant to your system have been applied.
To update all RPMs for your particular architecture, run:
rpm -Fvh [filenames]
where [filenames] is a list of the RPMs you wish to upgrade. Only those
RPMs which are currently installed will be updated. Those RPMs which
are not installed but included in the list will not be updated. Note
that you can also use wildcards (*.rpm) if your current directory *only*
contains the desired RPMs.
Please note that this update is also available via yum and apt. Many
people find this an easier way to apply updates. To use yum issue:
yum update
or to use apt:
apt-get update; apt-get upgrade
This will start an interactive process that will result in the
appropriate RPMs being upgraded on your system. This assumes that you
have yum or apt-get configured for obtaining Fedora Legacy content.
Please visit http://www.fedoralegacy.org/docs for directions on how to
configure yum and apt-get.
5. Bug IDs fixed:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=163047
6. RPMs required:
Red Hat Linux 9:
SRPM:
http://download.fedoralegacy.org/redhat/9/updates/SRPMS/squirrelmail-1.4.3-0.f0.9.6.legacy.src.rpm
i386:
http://download.fedoralegacy.org/redhat/9/updates/i386/squirrelmail-1.4.3-0.f0.9.6.legacy.noarch.rpm
Fedora Core 1:
SRPM:
http://download.fedoralegacy.org/fedora/1/updates/SRPMS/squirrelmail-1.4.3-0.f1.1.5.legacy.src.rpm
i386:
http://download.fedoralegacy.org/fedora/1/updates/i386/squirrelmail-1.4.3-0.f1.1.5.legacy.noarch.rpm
Fedora Core 2:
SRPM:
http://download.fedoralegacy.org/fedora/2/updates/SRPMS/squirrelmail-1.4.4-1.FC2.2.legacy.src.rpm
i386:
http://download.fedoralegacy.org/fedora/2/updates/i386/squirrelmail-1.4.4-1.FC2.2.legacy.noarch.rpm
7. Verification:
SHA1 sum Package Name
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5182c295693a72d9602945a5985c39c125f2b422
redhat/9/updates/i386/squirrelmail-1.4.3-0.f0.9.6.legacy.noarch.rpm
1aec842c861408106c2818cf4c58caf762367230
redhat/9/updates/SRPMS/squirrelmail-1.4.3-0.f0.9.6.legacy.src.rpm
10dcfc4975cbe049df638ff43304e0a6a22f58a2
fedora/1/updates/i386/squirrelmail-1.4.3-0.f1.1.5.legacy.noarch.rpm
5f0c54493ae619de8a85813947470bfedd5415f2
fedora/1/updates/SRPMS/squirrelmail-1.4.3-0.f1.1.5.legacy.src.rpm
83e7c1b6a1f070894be5456b3dd850b3a6f090b2
fedora/2/updates/i386/squirrelmail-1.4.4-1.FC2.2.legacy.noarch.rpm
de4f2ef84e23b310f7f845ee8624360dadb7b74d
fedora/2/updates/SRPMS/squirrelmail-1.4.4-1.FC2.2.legacy.src.rpm
These packages are GPG signed by Fedora Legacy for security. Our key is
available from http://www.fedoralegacy.org/about/security.php
You can verify each package with the following command:
rpm --checksig -v <filename>
If you only wish to verify that each package has not been corrupted or
tampered with, examine only the sha1sum with the following command:
sha1sum <filename>
8. References:
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-1769
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-2095
9. Contact:
The Fedora Legacy security contact is <secnotice@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>. More
project details at http://www.fedoralegacy.org
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