Debian DSA-512-1 : gallery - unauthenticated access

critical Nessus Plugin ID 15349

Synopsis

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

Description

A vulnerability was discovered in gallery, a web-based photo album written in php, whereby a remote attacker could gain access to the gallery 'admin' user without proper authentication. No CVE candidate was available for this vulnerability at the time of release.

Solution

For the current stable distribution (woody), these problems have been fixed in version 1.2.5-8woody2.

We recommend that you update your gallery package.

See Also

http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-512

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 15349

File Name: debian_DSA-512.nasl

Version: 1.24

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: 5.9

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:debian:debian_linux:gallery, 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: 6/2/2004

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/1/2004

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2004-0522

BID: 10451

DSA: 512