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Debian DSA-490-1 : zope - arbitrary code execution

high Nessus Plugin ID 15327

Synopsis

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

Description

A vulnerability has been discovered in the index support of the ZCatalog plug-in in Zope, an open source web application server. A flaw in the security settings of ZCatalog allows anonymous users to call arbitrary methods of catalog indexes. The vulnerability also allows untrusted code to do the same.

Solution

Upgrade the zope package.

For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 2.5.1-1woody1.

See Also

http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-490

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 15327

File Name: debian_DSA-490.nasl

Version: 1.20

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: Medium

Score: 5.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/17/2004

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2002-0688

BID: 5812

DSA: 490