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Debian DSA-2591-1 : mahara - several vulnerabilities

medium Nessus Plugin ID 63341

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Synopsis

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

Description

Multiple security issues have been found in Mahara, an electronic portfolio, weblog, and resume builder, which can result in cross-site scripting, clickjacking or arbitrary file execution.

Solution

Upgrade the mahara packages.

For the stable distribution (squeeze), these problems have been fixed in version 1.2.6-2+squeeze6.

See Also

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

https://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2591

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 63341

File Name: debian_DSA-2591.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 12/28/2012

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

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:mahara, 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: 12/27/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-2239, CVE-2012-2243, CVE-2012-2244, CVE-2012-2246, CVE-2012-2247, CVE-2012-2253, CVE-2012-6037

BID: 55916, 56713, 56717, 56718

DSA: 2591