GLSA-200406-10 : Gallery: Privilege escalation vulnerability

critical Nessus Plugin ID 14521

Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200406-10 (Gallery: Privilege escalation vulnerability)

There is a vulnerability in the Gallery photo album software which may allow an attacker to gain administrator privileges within Gallery. A Gallery administrator has full access to all albums and photos on the server, thus attackers may add or delete photos at will.
Impact :

Attackers may gain full access to all Gallery albums. There is no risk to the webserver itself, or the server on which it runs.
Workaround :

There is no known workaround at this time. All users are encouraged to upgrade to the latest available version.

Solution

All users should upgrade to the latest available version of Gallery.
# emerge sync # emerge -pv '>=www-apps/gallery-1.4.3_p2' # emerge '>=www-apps/gallery-1.4.3_p2'

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?9cd326b9

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200406-10

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 14521

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200406-10.nasl

Version: 1.18

Type: local

Published: 8/30/2004

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:gallery, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/15/2004

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/1/2004

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2004-0522

GLSA: 200406-10