Debian DSA-2092-1 : lxr-cvs - missing input sanitizing

medium Nessus Plugin ID 48385

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Synopsis

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

Description

Dan Rosenberg discovered that in lxr-cvs, a code-indexing tool with a web frontend, not enough sanitation of user input is performed; an attacker can take advantage of this and pass script code in order to perform cross-site scripting attacks.

Solution

Upgrade the lxr-cvs packages.

For the stable distribution (lenny), this problem has been fixed in version 0.9.5+cvs20071020-1+lenny1.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 48385

File Name: debian_DSA-2092.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 8/23/2010

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.8

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.6

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:lxr-cvs, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:5.0

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: 8/17/2010

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2009-4497, CVE-2010-1448, CVE-2010-1625

BID: 37612, 39865, 41193

CWE: 79

DSA: 2092

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