CVE-2009-1579
MEDIUM · CVSS 6.8EPSS 3.4%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 6.8 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-94
- EPSS score
- 3.4% (89th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2009-1575)
- Published
- May 14, 2009
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2009-1575 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- squirrelmail / squirrelmail
- squirrelmail / squirrelmail
- squirrelmail / squirrelmail
- squirrelmail / squirrelmail
- squirrelmail / squirrelmail
- squirrelmail / squirrelmail
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- squirrelmail / squirrelmail
and 9 more…
References
- http://download.gna.org/nasmail/nasmail-1.7.zip
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Jun/msg00001.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35052(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35073(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35140
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35259
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37415
- http://secunia.com/advisories/40220
- http://squirrelmail.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/squirrelmail/branches/SM-1_4-STABLE/squirrelmail/doc/ChangeLog(Patch)
- http://squirrelmail.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/squirrelmail/branches/SM-1_4-STABLE/squirrelmail/functions/imap_general.php?r1=13674&r2=13673&pathrev=13674(Patch)
- http://squirrelmail.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/squirrelmail?view=rev&revision=13674(Patch)
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4188
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1802
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:110(Patch)
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1066.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34916(Patch)
- http://www.squirrelmail.org/security/issue/2009-05-10(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1296(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3315
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1481
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=500360
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50461
- https://gna.org/forum/forum.php?forum_id=2146
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10986
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-May/msg00566.html(Patch)
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-May/msg00572.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-May/msg00577.html(Patch)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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