GLSA-200511-20 : Horde Application Framework: XSS vulnerability

medium Nessus Plugin ID 20264

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-200511-20 (Horde Application Framework: XSS vulnerability)

The Horde Team reported a potential XSS vulnerability. Horde fails to properly escape error messages which may lead to displaying unsanitized error messages via Notification_Listener::getMessage() Impact :

By enticing a user to read a specially crafted e-mail or using a manipulated URL, an attacker can execute arbitrary scripts running in the context of the victim's browser. This could lead to a compromise of the user's browser content.
Workaround :

There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All Horde Application Framework users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=www-apps/horde-2.2.9'

See Also

https://lists.horde.org/archives/announce/2005/000231.html

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200511-20

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 20264

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200511-20.nasl

Version: 1.19

Type: local

Published: 12/7/2005

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:horde, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

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

Patch Publication Date: 11/22/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-3570

GLSA: 200511-20