Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2015-5216

medium Nessus Plugin ID 218956

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Synopsis

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed with a vulnerability that the vendor indicates will not be patched.

Description

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

- The Identity Provider (IdP) server in Ipsilon 0.1.0 before 1.0.1 does not properly escape certain characters in a Python exception-message template, which makes it easier for remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via an HTTP response. (CVE-2015-5216)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

Solution

There is no known solution at this time.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 218956

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2015_5216.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 3/4/2025

Updated: 9/3/2025

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.3

Percentile: 8.67

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2015-5216

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.1

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:centos:centos:7, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:ipsilon, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:ipsilon-authform, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:ipsilon-authgssapi, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:ipsilon-authldap, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:ipsilon-base, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:ipsilon-client, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:ipsilon-filesystem, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:ipsilon-infosssd, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:ipsilon-persona, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:ipsilon-saml2, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:ipsilon-saml2-base, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:ipsilon-tools-ipa, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ipsilon, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ipsilon-authform, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ipsilon-authgssapi, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ipsilon-authldap, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ipsilon-base, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ipsilon-client, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ipsilon-filesystem, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ipsilon-infosssd, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ipsilon-persona, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ipsilon-saml2, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ipsilon-saml2-base, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ipsilon-tools-ipa

Required KB Items: Host/OS/identifier, Host/cpu, Host/local_checks_enabled, global_settings/vendor_unpatched

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/8/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-5216

Detections

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