Debian alert: New squirrelmail packages fix problem in options page

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Debian Security Advisory DSA 191-2                     security@debian.org
http://www.debian.org/security/                             Martin Schulze
November 7th, 2002                      http://www.debian.org/security/faq
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Package        : squirrelmail
Vulnerability  : cross site scripting
Problem-Type   : remote
Debian-specific: no
BugTraq ID     : 5949
CVE ID         : CAN-2002-1131 CAN-2002-1132

The security update for Squirrelmail (DSA 191-1) unfortunately
introduced a bug in the options page.  This problem is fixed in
version 1.2.6-1.2 the current stable distribution (woody).  The
unstable distribution (sid) and the old stable distribution (potato)
were not affected by this.  For completeness please find below the
original security advisory:

   Several cross site scripting vulnerabilities have been found in
   squirrelmail, a feature-rich webmail package written in PHP4.  The
   Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) project identified the
   following vulnerabilities:

    1. CAN-2002-1131: User input is not always sanitized so execution
       of arbitrary code on a client computer is possible.  This can
       happen after following a malicious URL or by viewing a
       malicious addressbook entry.

    2. CAN-2002-1132: Another problem could make it possible for an
       attacker to gain sensitive information under some conditions.
       When a malformed argument is appended to a link, an error page
       will be generated which contains the absolute pathname of the
       script.  However, this information is available through the
       Contents file of the distribution anyway.

wget url
        will fetch the file for you
dpkg -i file.deb
        will install the referenced file.

If you are using the apt-get package manager, use the line for
sources.list as given below:

apt-get update
        will update the internal database
apt-get upgrade
        will install corrected packages

You may use an automated update by adding the resources from the
footer to the proper configuration.


Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 alias woody
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  Source archives:

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/squirrelmail/squirrelmail_1.2.6-1.2.dsc
      Size/MD5 checksum:      586 6d692e30af267ebc530da83e0affe56c
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/squirrelmail/squirrelmail_1.2.6-1.2.diff.gz
      Size/MD5 checksum:    15260 b5a119c93fba2b3e8a4687c0f572b592
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/squirrelmail/squirrelmail_1.2.6.orig.tar.gz
      Size/MD5 checksum:  1856087 be9e6be1de8d3dd818185d596b41a7f1

  Architecture independent components:

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/squirrelmail/squirrelmail_1.2.6-1.2_all.deb
      Size/MD5 checksum:  1839570 f4b77b5d0c95c336a8b882e917c53f50


  These files will probably be moved into the stable distribution on
  its next revision.

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Package info: `apt-cache show <pkg>' and http://packages.debian.org/<pkg>

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