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GLSA-200406-11 : Horde-IMP: Input validation vulnerability

medium Nessus Plugin ID 14522

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-200406-11 (Horde-IMP: Input validation vulnerability)

 Horde-IMP fails to properly sanitize email messages that contain malicious HTML or script code.
 Impact :

 By enticing a user to read a specially crafted e-mail, an attacker can execute arbitrary scripts running in the context of the victim's browser. This could lead to a compromise of the user's webmail account, cookie theft, etc.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All Horde-IMP users should upgrade to the latest stable version:
 # emerge sync # emerge -pv '>=www-apps/horde-imp-3.2.4' # emerge '>=www-apps/horde-imp-3.2.4'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200406-11

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 14522

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200406-11.nasl

Version: 1.16

Type: local

Published: 8/30/2004

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:horde-imp, 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: 6/16/2004

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/29/2004

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2004-0584

BID: 10501

GLSA: 200406-11