Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jan 18, 2013· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2012-2124
CVE-2012-2124
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.
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Affected products
4cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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References
4- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0126.htmlnvdVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/51730nvdVendor Advisory
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/04/20/22nvd
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvd
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