Description
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.
Published: 2013-01-18
Score: 5.0 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2012-2126 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.
History

Sat, 12 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.00688}

epss

{'score': 0.00769}


Subscriptions

Redhat Enterprise Linux
Squirrelmail Squirrelmail
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T19:26:08.497Z

Reserved: 2012-04-04T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2012-2124

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2013-01-18T11:48:39.840

Modified: 2026-04-29T01:13:23.040

Link: CVE-2012-2124

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2012-04-20T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2012-2124 - Bugzilla

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