Description
The map_yp_alias function in functions/imap_general.php in SquirrelMail before 1.4.18 and NaSMail before 1.7 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in a username string that is used by the ypmatch program.
Published: 2009-05-14
Score: 6.8 Medium
EPSS: 3.6% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-1802-1 New squirrelmail packages fix several vulnerabilities
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-1802-2 New squirrelmail packages correct incomplete fix
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2009-1575 The map_yp_alias function in functions/imap_general.php in SquirrelMail before 1.4.18 and NaSMail before 1.7 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in a username string that is used by the ypmatch program.
References
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http://download.gna.org/nasmail/nasmail-1.7.zip cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Jun/msg00001.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/35052 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/35073 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/35140 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/35259 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/37415 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/40220 cve-icon cve-icon
http://squirrelmail.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/squirrelmail/branches/SM-1_4-STABLE/squirrelmail/doc/ChangeLog cve-icon cve-icon
http://squirrelmail.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/squirrelmail/branches/SM-1_4-STABLE/squirrelmail/functions/imap_general.php?r1=13674&r2=13673&pathrev=13674 cve-icon cve-icon
http://squirrelmail.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/squirrelmail?view=rev&revision=13674 cve-icon cve-icon
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4188 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1802 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:110 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1066.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34916 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.squirrelmail.org/security/issue/2009-05-10 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1296 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3315 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1481 cve-icon cve-icon
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=500360 cve-icon cve-icon
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50461 cve-icon cve-icon
https://gna.org/forum/forum.php?forum_id=2146 cve-icon cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-1579 cve-icon
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10986 cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-1579 cve-icon
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-May/msg00566.html cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-May/msg00572.html cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-May/msg00577.html cve-icon cve-icon
History

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Redhat Enterprise Linux
Squirrelmail Squirrelmail
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T05:20:34.591Z

Reserved: 2009-05-06T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2009-1579

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Status : Modified

Published: 2009-05-14T17:30:00.687

Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467

Link: CVE-2009-1579

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Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2009-05-10T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2009-1579 - Bugzilla

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