Fedora 11 : drupal-6.15-1.fc11 (2009-13364)

high Nessus Plugin ID 43338

Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

- Advisory ID: DRUPAL-SA-CORE-2009-009 * Project: Drupal core * Version: 5.x, 6.x * Date: 2009-December-16 * Security risk: Not critical * Exploitable from: Remote * Vulnerability: Cross site scripting -------- DESCRIPTION
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- Multiple vulnerabilities were discovered in Drupal.
.... Contact category name cross-site scripting The Contact module does not correctly handle certain user input when displaying category information. Users privileged to create contact categories can insert arbitrary HTML and script code into the contact module administration page. Such a cross-site scripting attack may lead to the malicious user gaining administrative access. Wikipedia has more information about cross-site scripting [1] (XSS). This issue affects Drupal 6.x and Drupal 5.x. .... Menu description cross-site scripting The Menu module does not correctly handle certain user input when displaying the menu administration overview.
Users privileged to create new menus can insert arbitrary HTML and script code into the menu module administration page. Such a cross-site scripting attack may lead to the malicious user gaining administrative access. Wikipedia has more information about cross-site scripting [2] (XSS). This issue affects Drupal 6.x only.
-------- VERSIONS AFFECTED
--------------------------------------------------- * Drupal 5.x before version 5.21. * Drupal 6.x before version 6.15. -------- SOLUTION
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---- Install the latest version: * If you are running Drupal 6.x then upgrade to Drupal 6.15 [3]. * If you are running Drupal 5.x then upgrade to Drupal 5.21 [4]. If you are unable to upgrade immediately, you can apply a patch to secure your installation until you are able to do a proper upgrade. Theses patches fix the security vulnerability, but do not contain other fixes which were released in Drupal 5.21 or Drupal 6.15. * To patch Drupal 6.14 use SA- CORE-2009-009-6.14.patch [5]. * To patch Drupal 5.20 use SA- CORE-2009-009-5.20.patch [6].
-------- REPORTED BY
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- The contact category XSS issue was independently reported by mr.baileys and Justin Klein Keane [7]. The menu description XSS issue was reported by mr.baileys [8]. -------- FIXED BY
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---- The contact category XSS issue was fixed by Justin Klein Keane [9] and Dave Reid [10]. The menu description XSS issue was fixed by Gabor Hojtsy [11] and Heine Deelstra [12]. -------- CONTACT
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----- The security team for Drupal can be reached at security at drupal.org or via the form at http://drupal.org/contact. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross-site_scripting [2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross-site_scripting [3] http://ftp.drupal.org/files/projects/drupal-6.15.tar.gz [4] http://ftp.drupal.org/files/projects/drupal-5.21.tar.gz [5] http://drupal.org/files/sa-core-2009-009/SA-CORE-2009-00 9-6.14.patch [6] http://drupal.org/files/sa-core-2009-009/SA-CORE-2009-00 9-5.20.patch [7] http://drupal.org/user/302225 [8] http://drupal.org/user/383424 [9] http://drupal.org/user/302225 [10] http://drupal.org/user/53892 [11] http://drupal.org/user/4166 [12] http://drupal.org/user/17943
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Solution

Update the affected drupal package.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?04d857c2

http://www.nessus.org/u?2d567343

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross-site_scripting

https://ftp-origin.drupal.org/files/projects/drupal-5.21.tar.gz

https://ftp-origin.drupal.org/files/projects/drupal-6.15.tar.gz

https://lists.drupal.org/mailman/listinfo/security-news

http://www.nessus.org/u?95b4fcd1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 43338

File Name: fedora_2009-13364.nasl

Version: 1.16

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 12/18/2009

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

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:fedoraproject:fedora:drupal, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:11

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/18/2009

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/18/2009

Reference Information

BID: 37372

FEDORA: 2009-13364