CyberRota Analysis
AI analysis pending.
CVE
CVE-2012-2124
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
5
EPSS
2.45%
Linux
Original NVD 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.