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Fencer Vulns
medium 6.5

CVE-2009-0030 json

A certain Red Hat patch for SquirrelMail 1.4.8 sets the same SQMSESSID cookie value for all sessions, which allows remote authenticated use…

published 2009-01-21 17 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2009-0042

cvss
6.5
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.7%
EPSS 1.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 77%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

A certain Red Hat patch for SquirrelMail 1.4.8 sets the same SQMSESSID cookie value for all sessions, which allows remote authenticated users to access other users' folder lists and configuration data in opportunistic circumstances by using the standard webmail.php interface. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incorrect fix for CVE-2008-3663.

Patch / fix

  • squirrelmail RHEL 3 1.4.8-9.el3
  • squirrelmail RHEL 4 1.4.8-5.el4_7.3
  • squirrelmail RHEL 5 1.4.8-5.el5_2.3

red hat advisories RHSA-2009:0057

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2009-0030 updated cvss 6.5

squirrelmail: session management flaw

  • Red Hat Desktop version 3 squirrelmail 1.4.8-9.el3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) squirrelmail 1.4.8-5.el5_2.3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3 squirrelmail 1.4.8-9.el3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 squirrelmail 1.4.8-5.el4_7.3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 squirrelmail 1.4.8-5.el4_7.3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client) squirrelmail 1.4.8-5.el5_2.3
    +4 more products
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3 squirrelmail 1.4.8-9.el3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 squirrelmail 1.4.8-5.el4_7.3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3 squirrelmail 1.4.8-9.el3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 squirrelmail 1.4.8-5.el4_7.3
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2009:0057

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Exploit prediction

1.68% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 77% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 6.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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