FreeBSD : joomla -- multiple remote vulnerabilities (7bb127c1-a5aa-11db-9ddc-0011098b2f36)

high Nessus Plugin ID 24227

Synopsis

The remote FreeBSD host is missing a security-related update.

Description

Secunia reports :

Some vulnerabilities have been reported in Joomla!, where some have unknown impacts and one can be exploited by malicious people to conduct cross-site scripting attacks.

- Input passed to an unspecified parameter is not properly sanitised before being returned to the user. This can be exploited to execute arbitrary HTML and script code in a user's browser session in context of an affected site.

- The vulnerabilities are caused due to unspecified errors in Joomla!.
The vendor describes them as 'several low level security issues'. No further information is currently available.

Solution

Update the affected package.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?3c358685

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 24227

File Name: freebsd_pkg_7bb127c1a5aa11db9ddc0011098b2f36.nasl

Version: 1.17

Type: local

Published: 1/18/2007

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.3

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.2

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:joomla, cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/17/2007

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/29/2006

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-6832, CVE-2006-6833, CVE-2006-6834

BID: 21810

CWE: 79

Secunia: 23563