FreeBSD : gforge -- directory traversal vulnerability (fe903533-ff96-4c7a-bd3e-4d40efa71897)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 19187

Synopsis

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

Description

An STG Security Advisory reports :

GForge CVS module made by Dragos Moinescu and another module made by Ronald Petty have a directory traversal vulnerability. [...] malicious attackers can read arbitrary directory lists.

Solution

Update the affected package.

See Also

https://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110627132209963

http://www.nessus.org/u?a64e9887

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 19187

File Name: freebsd_pkg_fe903533ff964c7abd3e4d40efa71897.nasl

Version: 1.18

Type: local

Published: 7/13/2005

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 4.8

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:gforge, cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/FreeBSD/release, Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: No exploit is required

Patch Publication Date: 6/3/2005

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/20/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-0299

BID: 12318