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Debian DSA-720-1 : smartlist - wrong input processing

high Nessus Plugin ID 18195

Synopsis

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

Description

Jeroen van Wolffelaar noticed that the confirm add-on of SmartList, the listmanager used on lists.debian.org, which is used on that host as well, could be tricked to subscribe arbitrary addresses to the lists.

Solution

Upgrade the smartlist package.

For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 3.15-5.woody.1.

See Also

http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-720

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 18195

File Name: debian_DSA-720.nasl

Version: 1.20

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/4/2005

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.2

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:smartlist, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.0

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/3/2005

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/4/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-0157

DSA: 720