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title: "CVE-2006-3174\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2006-3174

Publication date 23 June 2006

Last updated 17 July 2025

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in search.php in SquirrelMail
1.5.1 and earlier, when register\_globals is enabled, allows remote
attackers to inject arbitrary HTML via the mailbox parameter.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| squirrelmail | 9.10 karmic | Fixed 1.4.10a-2 |
| 9.04 jaunty | Fixed 1.4.10a-2 |
| 8.10 intrepid | Fixed 1.4.10a-2 |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Fixed 1.4.10a-2 |
| 7.10 gutsy | Fixed 1.4.10a-2 |
| 7.04 feisty | Fixed 1.4.9a-1ubuntu0.1 |
| 6.10 edgy | Fixed 1.4.8-1ubuntu0.1 |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Ignored end of life |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-3174)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-3174)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2006-3174)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2006-3174)

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2006-3174>