GLSA-200608-10 : pike: SQL injection vulnerability

high Nessus Plugin ID 22168

Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200608-10 (pike: SQL injection vulnerability)

Some input is not properly sanitised before being used in a SQL statement in the underlying PostgreSQL database.
Impact :

A remote attacker could provide malicious input to a pike program, which might result in the execution of arbitrary SQL statements.
Workaround :

There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All pike users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=dev-lang/pike-7.6.86'

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 22168

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200608-10.nasl

Version: 1.16

Type: local

Family: Gentoo Local Security Checks

Published: 8/7/2006

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:pike, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Patch Publication Date: 8/6/2006

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-4041

GLSA: 200608-10

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