Debian DLA-485-1 : extplorer security update

medium Nessus Plugin ID 91286

Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security update.

Description

This security update fixes a security issue in extplorer. We recommend you upgrade your extplorer package.

- CVE-2015-5660 Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of arbitrary users for requests that execute PHP code.

NOTE: Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the DLA security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

Upgrade the affected extplorer package.

See Also

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2016/05/msg00038.html

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

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 91286

File Name: debian_DLA-485.nasl

Version: 2.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/23/2016

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/22/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-5660