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Debian DSA-1486-1 : gnatsweb - XSS

medium Nessus Plugin ID 30155

Synopsis

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

Description

'r0t' discovered that gnatsweb, a web interface to GNU GNATS, did not correctly sanitize the database parameter in the main CGI script. This could allow the injection of arbitrary HTML, or JavaScript code.

Solution

Upgrade the gnatsweb package.

For the stable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in version 4.00-1etch1.

See Also

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=427156

https://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1486

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 30155

File Name: debian_DSA-1486.nasl

Version: 1.15

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/5/2008

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:gnatsweb, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:4.0

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

Patch Publication Date: 2/4/2008

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-2808

DSA: 1486