python_scripts.py in Plone before 4.2.3 and 4.3 before beta 1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a large value, related to formatColumns.

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - python_scripts.py in Plone before 4.2.3 and 4.3 before beta 1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of     service (memory consumption) via a large value, related to formatColumns. (CVE-2012-5499)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

  - python_scripts.py in Plone before 4.2.3 and 4.3 before beta 1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of
    service (memory consumption) via a large value, related to formatColumns. (CVE-2012-5499)

Updated conga packages that fix multiple security issues and several bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Moderate security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base scores, which give detailed severity ratings, are available for each vulnerability from the CVE links in the References section.

The Conga project is a management system for remote workstations. It consists of luci, which is a secure web-based front end, and ricci, which is a secure daemon that dispatches incoming messages to underlying management modules.

It was discovered that Plone, included as a part of luci, did not properly protect the administrator interface (control panel). A remote attacker could use this flaw to inject a specially crafted Python statement or script into Plone's restricted Python sandbox that, when the administrator interface was accessed, would be executed with the privileges of that administrator user. (CVE-2012-5485)

It was discovered that Plone, included as a part of luci, did not properly sanitize HTTP headers provided within certain URL requests. A remote attacker could use a specially crafted URL that, when processed, would cause the injected HTTP headers to be returned as a part of the Plone HTTP response, potentially allowing the attacker to perform other more advanced attacks. (CVE-2012-5486)

Multiple information leak flaws were found in the way conga processed luci site extension-related URL requests. A remote, unauthenticated attacker could issue a specially crafted HTTP request that, when processed, would result in unauthorized information disclosure.
(CVE-2013-6496)

It was discovered that various components in the luci site extension-related URLs were not properly restricted to administrative users. A remote, authenticated attacker could escalate their privileges to perform certain actions that should be restricted to administrative users, such as adding users and systems, and viewing log data. (CVE-2014-3521)

It was discovered that Plone, included as a part of luci, did not properly protect the privilege of running RestrictedPython scripts. A remote attacker could use a specially crafted URL that, when processed, would allow the attacker to submit and perform expensive computations or, in conjunction with other attacks, be able to access or alter privileged information. (CVE-2012-5488)

It was discovered that Plone, included as a part of luci, did not properly enforce permissions checks on the membership database. A remote attacker could use a specially crafted URL that, when processed, could allow the attacker to enumerate user account names.
(CVE-2012-5497)

It was discovered that Plone, included as a part of luci, did not properly handle the processing of requests for certain collections. A remote attacker could use a specially crafted URL that, when processed, would lead to excessive I/O and/or cache resource consumption. (CVE-2012-5498)

It was discovered that Plone, included as a part of luci, did not properly handle the processing of very large values passed to an internal utility function. A remote attacker could use a specially crafted URL that, when processed, would lead to excessive memory consumption. (CVE-2012-5499)

It was discovered that Plone, included as a part of luci, allowed a remote anonymous user to change titles of content items due to improper permissions checks. (CVE-2012-5500)

The CVE-2014-3521 issue was discovered by Radek Steiger of Red Hat, and the CVE-2013-6496 issue was discovered by Jan Pokorny of Red Hat.

In addition, these updated conga packages include several bug fixes.
Space precludes documenting all of these changes in this advisory.
Users are directed to the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.11 Technical Notes, linked to in the References section, for information on the most significant of these changes

All conga users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain backported patches to correct these issues. After installing this update, the luci and ricci services will be restarted automatically.

It was discovered that Plone, included as a part of luci, did not properly protect the administrator interface (control panel). A remote attacker could use this flaw to inject a specially crafted Python statement or script into Plone's restricted Python sandbox that, when the administrator interface was accessed, would be executed with the privileges of that administrator user. (CVE-2012-5485)

It was discovered that Plone, included as a part of luci, did not properly sanitize HTTP headers provided within certain URL requests. A remote attacker could use a specially crafted URL that, when processed, would cause the injected HTTP headers to be returned as a part of the Plone HTTP response, potentially allowing the attacker to perform other more advanced attacks. (CVE-2012-5486)

Multiple information leak flaws were found in the way conga processed luci site extension-related URL requests. A remote, unauthenticated attacker could issue a specially crafted HTTP request that, when processed, would result in unauthorized information disclosure.
(CVE-2013-6496)

It was discovered that various components in the luci site extension- related URLs were not properly restricted to administrative users. A remote, authenticated attacker could escalate their privileges to perform certain actions that should be restricted to administrative users, such as adding users and systems, and viewing log data.
(CVE-2014-3521)

It was discovered that Plone, included as a part of luci, did not properly protect the privilege of running RestrictedPython scripts. A remote attacker could use a specially crafted URL that, when processed, would allow the attacker to submit and perform expensive computations or, in conjunction with other attacks, be able to access or alter privileged information. (CVE-2012-5488)

It was discovered that Plone, included as a part of luci, did not properly enforce permissions checks on the membership database. A remote attacker could use a specially crafted URL that, when processed, could allow the attacker to enumerate user account names.
(CVE-2012-5497)

It was discovered that Plone, included as a part of luci, did not properly handle the processing of requests for certain collections. A remote attacker could use a specially crafted URL that, when processed, would lead to excessive I/O and/or cache resource consumption. (CVE-2012-5498)

It was discovered that Plone, included as a part of luci, did not properly handle the processing of very large values passed to an internal utility function. A remote attacker could use a specially crafted URL that, when processed, would lead to excessive memory consumption. (CVE-2012-5499)

It was discovered that Plone, included as a part of luci, allowed a remote anonymous user to change titles of content items due to improper permissions checks. (CVE-2012-5500)

The CVE-2014-3521 issue was discovered by Radek Steiger of Red Hat, and the CVE-2013-6496 issue was discovered by Jan Pokorny of Red Hat.

Users are directed to the Scientific Linux 5.11 Technical Notes, linked to in the References section, for information on the most significant of these changes

After installing this update, the luci and ricci services will be restarted automatically.

The remote Oracle Linux 5 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2014-1194 advisory.

    [0.12.2-81.0.2.el5]
    - Replaced redhat logo image in Data.fs

    [0.12.2-81.0.1.el5]
    - Added conga-enterprise-Carthage.patch to support OEL5
    - Replaced redhat logo image in conga-0.12.2.tar.gz

    [0.12.2-81]
    - luci: prevent non-admin user from unauthorized executive access       Resolves: rhbz#1089310

    [0.12.2-79]
    - luci: drop unsuccessful monkey patch application wrt. Plone 20121106 advisory       Related: rhbz#956861

    [0.12.2-78]
    - luci: reflect startup_wait parameter added in postgres-8 RA       Resolves: rhbz#1065263
    - luci: Multiple information leak flaws in various luci site extensions       Resolves: rhbz#1076148

    [0.12.2-72]
    - luci: fix mishandling of distro release string       Resolves: rhbz#1072075
    - luci: fix initscript does not check return values correctly       Resolves: rhbz#970288
    - ricci: fix end-use modules do not handle stdin polling correctly       Resolves: rhbz#1076711

    [0.12.2-69]
    - luci: apply relevant parts of Plone 20121106 advisory (multiple vectors)       Resolves: rhbz#956861

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
217694	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2012-5499	Nessus	Misc.	high
420099	SCA: security update for Plone (GHSA-wrf2-2rch-cmr9)	Tenable Cloud Security	SCA Checks	high
420099	SCA: security update for Plone (GHSA-wrf2-2rch-cmr9)	Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security	SCA Checks	high
79049	RHEL 5 : conga (RHSA-2014:1194)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	medium
78417	Scientific Linux Security Update : conga on SL5.x i386/x86_64 (20140916)	Nessus	Scientific Linux Local Security Checks	medium
77989	CentOS 5 : conga (CESA-2014:1194)	Nessus	CentOS Local Security Checks	medium
77735	Oracle Linux 5 : conga (ELSA-2014-1194)	Nessus	Oracle Linux Local Security Checks	medium

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