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Debian DSA-371-1 : perl - XSS

medium Nessus Plugin ID 15208

Synopsis

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

Description

A cross-site scripting vulnerability exists in the start_form() function in CGI.pm. This function outputs user-controlled data into the action attribute of a form element without sanitizing it, allowing a remote user to execute arbitrary web script within the context of the generated page. Any program which uses this function in the CGI.pm module may be affected.

Solution

For the current stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 5.6.1-8.3.

We recommend that you update your perl package.

See Also

http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-371

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 15208

File Name: debian_DSA-371.nasl

Version: 1.22

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/29/2004

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:perl, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.0

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: No exploit is required

Patch Publication Date: 8/11/2003

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2003-0615

BID: 8231

DSA: 371