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AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution
ESB-2008.1098 -- [UNIX/Linux][Debian]
New squirrelmail packages fix cross site scripting
8 December 2008
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AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product: squirrelmail
Publisher: Debian
Operating System: Debian GNU/Linux 4.0
UNIX variants (UNIX, Linux, OSX)
Impact: Cross-site Scripting
Access: Remote/Unauthenticated
CVE Names: CVE-2008-2379
Original Bulletin: http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1682
Comment: This advisory references vulnerabilities in products which run on
platforms other than Debian. It is recommended that administrators
running squirrelmail check for an updated version of the software
for their operating system.
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Debian Security Advisory DSA-168201 security@debian.org
http://www.debian.org/security/ Thijs Kinkhorst
December 07, 2008 http://www.debian.org/security/faq
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Package : squirrelmail
Vulnerability : insufficient input sanitising
Problem type : remote
Debian-specific: no
CVE Id(s) : CVE-2008-2379
Ivan Markovic discovered that SquirrelMail, a webmail application, did not
sufficiently sanitise incoming HTML email, allowing an attacker to perform
cross site scripting through sending a malicious HTML email.
For the stable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in
version 1.4.9a-3.
For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in
version 1.4.15-4.
We recommend that you upgrade your squirrelmail package.
Upgrade instructions
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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 4.0 alias etch
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Source archives:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/squirrelmail/squirrelmail_1.4.9a-3.diff.gz
Size/MD5 checksum: 23420 b1755b11f721f2bdc7c5a100cf83f1d6
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/squirrelmail/squirrelmail_1.4.9a.orig.tar.gz
Size/MD5 checksum: 598950 5b19f8cc5badef91d1f2410df41564bc
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/squirrelmail/squirrelmail_1.4.9a-3.dsc
Size/MD5 checksum: 1021 9954f8522b7059cb115f5a77405c298f
Architecture independent packages:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/squirrelmail/squirrelmail_1.4.9a-3_all.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 591892 35c2060553f375b9bd8759d06b401153
These files will probably be moved into the stable distribution on
its next update.
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For apt-get: deb http://security.debian.org/ stable/updates main
For dpkg-ftp: ftp://security.debian.org/debian-security dists/stable/updates/main
Mailing list: debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org
Package info: `apt-cache show <pkg>' and http://packages.debian.org/<pkg>
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