CVE-2012-2124

functions/imap_general.php in SquirrelMail, as used in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 4 and 5, 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 preference files. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incorrect fix for CVE-2010-2813.

🔗 References (8)

• secalert@redhathttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0126.html
• secalert@redhathttp://secunia.com/advisories/51730
• secalert@redhathttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/04/20/22
• secalert@redhathttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=814671
• af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0126.html
• af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/51730
• af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/04/20/22
• af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=814671