Debian DSA-2752-1 : phpbb3 - permissions too wide

low Nessus Plugin ID 69813

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

Andreas Beckmann discovered that phpBB, a web forum, as installed in Debian, sets incorrect permissions for cached files, allowing a malicious local user to overwrite them.

Solution

Upgrade the phpbb3 packages.

For the oldstable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in version 3.0.7-PL1-4+squeeze1.

For the stable distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed in version 3.0.10-4+deb7u1.

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 69813

File Name: debian_DSA-2752.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 9/8/2013

Updated: 1/11/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.1

Temporal Score: 1.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:phpbb3, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:6.0, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:7.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/7/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-5724

BID: 62267

DSA: 2752

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