Debian DSA-1553-1 : ikiwiki - cross-site request forgery

medium Nessus Plugin ID 32008

Synopsis

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

Description

It has been discovered that ikiwiki, a Wiki implementation, does not guard password and content changes against cross-site request forgery (CSRF) attacks.

Solution

Upgrade the ikiwiki package.

For the stable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in version 1.33.5.

See Also

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=475445

https://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1553

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 32008

File Name: debian_DSA-1553.nasl

Version: 1.15

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/22/2008

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.7

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:ikiwiki, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:4.0

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

Patch Publication Date: 4/20/2008

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-0165

CWE: 352

DSA: 1553