FreeBSD : bugzilla -- XSS vulnerability (97c3a452-6e36-11d9-8324-000a95bc6fae)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 19041

Synopsis

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

Description

A Bugzilla advisory states :

This advisory covers a single cross-site scripting issue that has recently been discovered and fixed in the Bugzilla code: If a malicious user links to a Bugzilla site using a specially crafted URL, a script in the error page generated by Bugzilla will display the URL unaltered in the page, allowing scripts embedded in the URL to execute.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://www.bugzilla.org/security/2.16.7-nr/

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=272620

http://www.nessus.org/u?87be6d3f

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 19041

File Name: freebsd_pkg_97c3a4526e3611d98324000a95bc6fae.nasl

Version: 1.20

Type: local

Published: 7/13/2005

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:bugzilla, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:ja-bugzilla, cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/FreeBSD/release, Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info

Patch Publication Date: 1/24/2005

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/1/2004

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2004-1061