FreeBSD : squirrelmail -- XSS vulnerability (d1ce8a4f-c235-11dd-8cbc-00163e000016)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 35037

Synopsis

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

Description

Squirrelmail team reports :

An issue was fixed that allowed an attacker to send specially- crafted hyperlinks in a message that could execute cross-site scripting (XSS) when the user viewed the message in SquirrelMail.

Solution

Update the affected package.

See Also

https://secuniaresearch.flexerasoftware.com/Advisories/32143/

http://www.nessus.org/u?eb7db396

http://www.nessus.org/u?3bcaf02d

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 35037

File Name: freebsd_pkg_d1ce8a4fc23511dd8cbc00163e000016.nasl

Version: 1.16

Type: local

Published: 12/5/2008

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: 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:freebsd:freebsd:squirrelmail, cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/FreeBSD/release, Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info

Patch Publication Date: 12/4/2008

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/3/2008

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-2379

CWE: 79