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Debian DSA-1994-1 : ajaxterm - weak session IDs

medium Nessus Plugin ID 44858

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Synopsis

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

Description

It was discovered that Ajaxterm, a web-based terminal, generates weak and predictable session IDs, which might be used to hijack a session or cause a denial of service attack on a system that uses Ajaxterm.

Solution

Upgrade the ajaxterm package.

For the oldstable distribution (etch), the problem has been fixed in version 0.9-2+etch1.

For the stable distribution (lenny), the problem has been fixed in version 0.10-2+lenny1.

See Also

https://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-1994

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 44858

File Name: debian_DSA-1994.nasl

Version: 1.12

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/24/2010

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:ajaxterm, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:4.0, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:5.0

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/11/2010

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2009-1629

BID: 34903

CWE: 287

DSA: 1994