CVE-2009-1579

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.8 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2009-05-14 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-94

Description

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.

Affected products

SquirrelMail: through 1.4.17; 0.1, 0.1.1, 0.1.2, 0.2, 0.2.1, 0.3 (+52)

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
http://secunia.com/advisories/35073
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
http://squirrelmail.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/squirrelmail/branches/SM-1_4-STABLE/squirrelmail/functions/imap_general.php?r1=13674&r2=13673&pathrev=13674
http://squirrelmail.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/squirrelmail?view=rev&revision=13674
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4188

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