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Debian DSA-2030-1 : mahara - sql injection

high Nessus Plugin ID 45445

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Synopsis

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

Description

It was discovered that mahara, an electronic portfolio, weblog, and resume builder is not properly escaping input when generating a unique username based on a remote user name from a single sign-on application. An attacker can use this to compromise the mahara database via crafted user names.

Solution

Upgrade the mahara packages.

For the stable distribution (lenny), this problem has been fixed in version 1.0.4-4+lenny5.

See Also

https://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2030

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 45445

File Name: debian_DSA-2030.nasl

Version: 1.11

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/9/2010

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

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Patch Publication Date: 4/6/2010

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2010-0400

DSA: 2030