FreeBSD : ejabberd -- XSS vulnerability (cf91c1e4-2b6d-11de-931b-00e0815b8da8)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 36194

Synopsis

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

Description

SecurityFocus reports :

The ejabberd application is prone to a cross-site scripting vulnerability.

An attacker may leverage this issue to execute arbitrary script code in the browser of an unsuspecting user in the context of the affected site and to steal cookie-based authentication credentials.

Solution

Update the affected package.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?05c4eeec

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 36194

File Name: freebsd_pkg_cf91c1e42b6d11de931b00e0815b8da8.nasl

Version: 1.17

Type: local

Published: 4/21/2009

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

Temporal Score: 3.2

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:ejabberd, cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/17/2009

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/16/2009

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2009-0934

BID: 34133

CWE: 79