Debian DSA-745-1 : drupal - input validation errors

high Nessus Plugin ID 18655

Synopsis

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

Description

Two input validation errors were discovered in drupal and its bundled xmlrpc module. These errors can lead to the execution of arbitrary commands on the web server running drupal.

drupal was not included in the old stable distribution (woody).

Solution

Upgrade the drupal package.

For the current stable distribution (sarge), these problems have been fixed in version 4.5.3-3.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 18655

File Name: debian_DSA-745.nasl

Version: 1.25

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 7/10/2005

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.2

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:drupal, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.1

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/10/2005

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/29/2005

Exploitable With

Metasploit (PHP XML-RPC Arbitrary Code Execution)

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-1921, CVE-2005-2106

DSA: 745

Detections

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