Summary
The remote host is missing an update to squirrelmail announced via advisory MDVSA-2009:122.
Solution
To upgrade automatically use MandrakeUpdate or urpmi. The verification of md5 checksums and GPG signatures is performed automatically for you.
https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=MDVSA-2009:122
Insight
A vulnerability has been identified and corrected in squirrelmail:
The map_yp_alias function in functions/imap_general.php in SquirrelMail before 1.4.19 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in a username string that is used by the ypmatch program. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2009-1579. (CVE-2009-1381)
Basically this is a syncronization with the latest squirrelmail package found in Mandriva Cooker. The rpm changelog will reveal all the changes (rpm -q --changelog squirrelmail).
The updated packages have been upgraded to the latest version of squirrelmail to prevent this.
Affected: Corporate 4.0
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2009-1381, CVE-2009-1579 -
CVSS Base Score: 6.8
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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