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Debian DSA-3697-1 : kdepimlibs - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 94205

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Synopsis

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

Description

Roland Tapken discovered that insufficient input sanitising in KMail's plain text viewer allowed the injection of HTML code.

Solution

Upgrade the kdepimlibs packages.

For the stable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in version 4:4.14.2-2+deb8u2.

See Also

https://packages.debian.org/source/jessie/kdepimlibs

https://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3697

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 94205

File Name: debian_DSA-3697.nasl

Version: 2.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/24/2016

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.3

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:kdepimlibs, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:8.0

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

Patch Publication Date: 10/21/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-7966

DSA: 3697