Debian DSA-3001-1 : wordpress - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 77102

Synopsis

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

Description

Multiple security issues have been discovered in Wordpress, a web blogging tool, resulting in denial of service or information disclosure. More information can be found in the upstream advisory at https://wordpress.org/news/2014/08/wordpress-3-9-2/.

Solution

Upgrade the wordpress packages.

For the stable distribution (wheezy), these problems have been fixed in version 3.6.1+dfsg-1~deb7u4.

See Also

https://wordpress.org/news/2014/08/wordpress-3-9-2/

https://packages.debian.org/source/wheezy/wordpress

https://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3001

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 77102

File Name: debian_DSA-3001.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/10/2014

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: 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:wordpress, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:7.0

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/9/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-2053, CVE-2014-5204, CVE-2014-5205, CVE-2014-5240, CVE-2014-5265, CVE-2014-5266

BID: 69096

DSA: 3001