CVE-2009-0030 — A certain Red Hat patch for SquirrelMail 1

A certain Red Hat patch for SquirrelMail 1.4.8 sets the same SQMSESSID cookie value for all sessions, which allows remote authenticated users to access other users' folder lists and configuration data in opportunistic circumstances by using the standard webmail.php interface

01What is this vulnerability?

A certain Red Hat patch for SquirrelMail 1.4.8 sets the same SQMSESSID cookie value for all sessions, which allows remote authenticated users to access other users' folder lists and configuration data in opportunistic circumstances by using the standard webmail.php interface. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incorrect fix for CVE-2008-3663.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
n	a / n/a	n/a

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

08Timeline

• Published: 2009-01-21T20:00:00.000Z
• Last modified: 2024-08-07T04:17:10.225Z

09References

• rhn.redhat.com — https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-0057.html
• secunia.com — http://secunia.com/advisories/33611
• bugzilla.redhat.com — https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=480488
• bugzilla.redhat.com — https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=480224
• oval.cisecurity.org — https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3…
• exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com — https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/48115
• lists.opensuse.org — http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-02/msg00002.html
• securitytracker.com — http://securitytracker.com/id?1021611
• www.securityfocus.com — http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33354