GLSA-200504-24 : eGroupWare: XSS and SQL injection vulnerabilities

high Nessus Plugin ID 18127

Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200504-24 (eGroupWare: XSS and SQL injection vulnerabilities)

Multiple SQL injection and cross-site scripting vulnerabilities have been found in several eGroupWare modules.
Impact :

An attacker could possibly use the SQL injection vulnerabilities to gain information from the database. Furthermore the cross-site scripting issues give an attacker the ability to inject and execute malicious script code or to steal cookie based authentication credentials, potentially compromising the victim's browser.
Workaround :

There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All eGroupWare users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=www-apps/egroupware-1.0.0.007'

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?dc828659

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200504-24

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 18127

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200504-24.nasl

Version: 1.18

Type: local

Published: 4/25/2005

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: 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:gentoo:linux:egroupware, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Patch Publication Date: 4/25/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-1202, CVE-2005-1203

GLSA: 200504-24