USN-4669-1: SquirrelMail vulnerability
Publication date
10 December 2020
Overview
SquirrelMail could be made to crash if it received specially crafted input.
Releases
Packages
- squirrelmail - Webmail for nuts
Details
It was discovered that a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in
SquirrelMail allows remote attackers to use malicious script content from
HTML e-mail to execute code and/or provoke a denial of service.
It was discovered that a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in
SquirrelMail allows remote attackers to use malicious script content from
HTML e-mail to execute code and/or provoke a denial of service.
Update instructions
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
Learn more about how to get the fixes.The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
Ubuntu Release | Package Version | ||
---|---|---|---|
16.04 xenial | squirrelmail – 2:1.4.23~svn20120406-2+deb8u3ubuntu0.16.04.2 |
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