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GLSA-200409-23 : SnipSnap: HTTP response splitting

medium Nessus Plugin ID 14774

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-200409-23 (SnipSnap: HTTP response splitting)

 SnipSnap contains various HTTP response splitting vulnerabilities that could potentially compromise the sites data. Some of these attacks include web cache poisoning, cross-user defacement, hijacking pages with sensitive user information, and cross-site scripting. This vulnerability is due to the lack of illegal input checking in the software.
 Impact :

 A malicious user could inject and execute arbitrary script code, potentially compromising the victim's data or browser.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All SnipSnap users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge sync # emerge -pv '>=dev-java/snipsnap-bin-1.0_beta1' # emerge '>=dev-java/snipsnap-bin-1.0beta1'

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?1a47e4e1

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200409-23

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 14774

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200409-23.nasl

Version: 1.17

Type: local

Published: 9/17/2004

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:snipsnap-bin, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

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

Patch Publication Date: 9/17/2004

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/14/2004

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2004-1470

GLSA: 200409-23