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FreeBSD : cgiwrap -- XSS Vulnerability (bc6a7e79-e111-11dd-afcd-00e0815b8da8)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 35354
Synopsis
The remote FreeBSD host is missing a security-related update.Description
Secunia reports :A vulnerability has been reported in CGIWrap, which can be exploited by malicious people to conduct cross-site scripting attacks.
The vulnerability is caused due to the application generating error messages without specifying a charset. This can be exploited to execute arbitrary HTML and script code in a user's browser session in context of an affected site.
Successful exploitation may require that the victim uses Internet Explorer or a browser based on Internet Explorer components.
Solution
Update the affected package.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 35354
File Name: freebsd_pkg_bc6a7e79e11111ddafcd00e0815b8da8.nasl
Version: 1.16
Type: local
Family: FreeBSD Local Security Checks
Published: 1/13/2009
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:cgiwrap, cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/FreeBSD/release, Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info
Patch Publication Date: 1/13/2009
Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/19/2008
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2008-2852