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Debian DSA-2355-1 : clearsilver - format string vulnerability

high Nessus Plugin ID 56986

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Synopsis

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

Description

Leo Iannacone and Colin Watson discovered a format string vulnerability in the Python bindings for the Clearsilver HTML template system, which may lead to denial of service or the execution of arbitrary code.

Solution

Upgrade the clearsilver packages.

For the oldstable distribution (lenny), this problem has been fixed in version 0.10.4-1.3+lenny1.

For the stable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in version 0.10.5-1+squeeze1.

See Also

https://packages.debian.org/source/squeeze/clearsilver

https://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2355

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 56986

File Name: debian_DSA-2355.nasl

Version: 1.11

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 12/2/2011

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

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:debian:debian_linux:clearsilver, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:5.0, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:6.0

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/30/2011

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-4357

DSA: 2355