Debian DSA-1459-1 : gforge - insufficient input validation

high Nessus Plugin ID 29936

Synopsis

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

Description

It was discovered that Gforge, a collaborative development tool, did not properly sanitise some CGI parameters, allowing SQL injection in scripts related to RSS exports.

Solution

Upgrade the gforge packages.

For the old stable distribution (sarge), this problem has been fixed in version 3.1-31sarge5.

For the stable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in version 4.5.14-22etch4.

See Also

https://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1459

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 29936

File Name: debian_DSA-1459.nasl

Version: 1.17

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/14/2008

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

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:debian:debian_linux:gforge, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.1, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:4.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Patch Publication Date: 1/13/2008

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-0173

CWE: 89

DSA: 1459