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title: "CVE-2010-2813\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2010-2813

Publication date 19 August 2010

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Low**

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

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## Description

functions/imap\_general.php in SquirrelMail before 1.4.21 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
preferences files.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2010-2813?format=md#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| squirrelmail | 13.10 saucy | Not affected |
| 13.04 raring | Not affected |
| 12.10 quantal | Not affected |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Not affected |
| 11.10 oneiric | Not affected |
| 11.04 natty | Not affected |
| 10.10 maverick | Not affected |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Ignored end of life |
| 9.10 karmic | Ignored end of life |
| 9.04 jaunty | Ignored end of life |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Ignored end of life |
| 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)
* [Patch details](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2010-2813?format=md#patch-details)

## Notes

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### [tyhicks](https://launchpad.net/~tyhicks)

Note that Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2012:010 was incomplete (see
CVE-2012-2124)

### Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)

| Package | Patch details |
| --- | --- |
| squirrelmail | * Upstream:   <http://squirrelmail.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/squirrelmail/branches/SM-1_4-STABLE/squirrelmail/functions/imap_general.php?view=patch&r1=13972&r2=13971&pathrev=13972> |

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2010-2813)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-2813)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2010-2813)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2010-2813)

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2010-2813>