National Cyber-Alert System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2008-3663
Original release date:09/24/2008
Last revised:08/19/2009
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
Squirrelmail 1.4.15 does not set the secure flag for the session cookie in an https session, which can cause the cookie to be sent in http requests and make it easier for remote attackers to capture this cookie.
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
Impact Subscore:
2.9
Exploitability Subscore:
10.0
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable
Access Complexity: Low
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Allows unauthorized disclosure of information
- Official Statement from Red Hat (01/12/2009)
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This issue has been fixed in the affected Red Hat Enterprise Linux versions via: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-0010.html
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External Source: XF
Name: squirrelmail-cookie-session-hijacking(45700)
External Source: BID
Name: 31321
External Source: BUGTRAQ
Name: 20080922 Squirrelmail: Session hijacking vulnerability, CVE-2008-3663
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://www.nabble.com/ANNOUNCE:-SquirrelMail-1.4.16-Released-td19711998.html
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3438
External Source: SREASON
Name: 4304
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 33937
External Source: SUSE
Name: SUSE-SR:2009:004
External Source: SUSE
Name: SUSE-SR:2008:028
External Source: APPLE
Name: APPLE-SA-2009-02-12
External Source: MISC
Name: http://int21.de/cve/CVE-2008-3663-squirrelmail.html