FreeBSD : slixmpp -- improper access control (526d9642-3ae7-11e9-a669-8c164582fbac)

high Nessus Plugin ID 122631

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Synopsis

The remote FreeBSD host is missing one or more security-related updates.

Description

NVD reports :

slixmpp version before commit 7cd73b594e8122dddf847953fcfc85ab4d316416 contains an incorrect Access Control vulnerability in XEP-0223 plugin (Persistent Storage of Private Data via PubSub) options profile, used for the configuration of default access model that can result in all of the contacts of the victim can see private data having been published to a PEP node. This attack appears to be exploitable if the user of this library publishes any private data on PEP, the node isn't configured to be private. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in commit 7cd73b594e8122dddf847953fcfc85ab4d316416 which is included in slixmpp 1.4.2.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 122631

File Name: freebsd_pkg_526d96423ae711e9a6698c164582fbac.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Family: FreeBSD Local Security Checks

Published: 3/6/2019

Updated: 2/6/2020

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:py35-slixmpp, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:py36-slixmpp, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:py37-slixmpp, 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: 3/5/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/4/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-1000021

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