CVE-2009-1381

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.8 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2009-05-22 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

The map_yp_alias function in functions/imap_general.php in SquirrelMail before 1.4.19-1 on Debian GNU/Linux, and possibly other operating systems and versions, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in a username string that is used by the ypmatch program. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2009-1579.

Affected products

SquirrelMail Imap General.Php: 1.2.2
SquirrelMail: 1.2.5, 1.2.6, 1.2.6-rc1, 1.2.7, 1.2.8, 1.2.9 (+5)

References

http://release.debian.org/proposed-updates/stable_diffs/squirrelmail_1.4.15-4+lenny2.debdiff
http://secunia.com/advisories/35140
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1802
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:122
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/503718/100/0/threaded
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-May/msg01195.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-May/msg01202.html
http://release.debian.org/proposed-updates/stable_diffs/squirrelmail_1.4.15-4+lenny2.debdiff
http://secunia.com/advisories/35140
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1802
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:122
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/503718/100/0/threaded

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