Debian DSA-1096-1 : webcalendar - uninitialised variable

medium Nessus Plugin ID 22638

Synopsis

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

Description

A vulnerability has been discovered in webcalendar, a PHP-based multi-user calendar, that allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary PHP code when register_globals is turned on.

Solution

Upgrade the webcalendar package.

The old stable distribution (woody) does not contain a webcalendar package.

For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 0.9.45-4sarge5.

See Also

http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1096

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 22638

File Name: debian_DSA-1096.nasl

Version: 1.15

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/14/2006

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:webcalendar, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.1

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

Patch Publication Date: 6/13/2006

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/30/2006

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-2762

DSA: 1096