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Debian DSA-1560-1 : kronolith2 - insufficient input sanitising

medium Nessus Plugin ID 32084

Synopsis

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

Description

'The-0utl4w' discovered that the Kronolith, calendar component for the Horde Framework, didn't properly sanitise URL input, leading to a cross-site scripting vulnerability in the add event screen.

Solution

Upgrade the kronolith2 package.

For the stable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in version 2.1.4-1etch1.

See Also

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=478121

https://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1560

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 32084

File Name: debian_DSA-1560.nasl

Version: 1.15

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/1/2008

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.8

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:kronolith2, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:4.0

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/28/2008

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-1974

BID: 28898

CWE: 79

DSA: 1560