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Debian DSA-1152-1 : trac - missing input sanitising

medium Nessus Plugin ID 22694

Synopsis

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

Description

Felix Wiemann discovered that trac, an enhanced Wiki and issue tracking system for software development projects, can be used to disclose arbitrary local files. To fix this problem, python-docutils needs to be updated as well.

Solution

Upgrade the trac and python-docutils packages.

For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 0.8.1-3sarge5 of trac and version 0.3.7-2sarge1 of python-docutils.

See Also

http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1152

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 22694

File Name: debian_DSA-1152.nasl

Version: 1.17

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/14/2006

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: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Patch Publication Date: 8/18/2006

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/6/2006

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-3695

DSA: 1152