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Debian DSA-2694-1 : spip - privilege escalation

high Nessus Plugin ID 66603

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Synopsis

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

Description

A privilege escalation vulnerability has been found in SPIP, a website engine for publishing, which allows anyone to take control of the website.

Solution

Upgrade the spip packages.

For the oldstable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in version 2.1.1-3squeeze6.

For the stable distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed in version 2.1.17-1+deb7u1.

See Also

https://packages.debian.org/source/wheezy/spip

https://packages.debian.org/source/squeeze/spip

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=709674

https://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2694

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 66603

File Name: debian_DSA-2694.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/28/2013

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:spip, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:6.0, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:7.0

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

Patch Publication Date: 5/26/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-2118

DSA: 2694